LAND OF AMBIGUOUS LOSS: Make a left after crossing the Uncanny Valley By Krista Madsen– When a robot—perhaps crafted to resemble a human—dares veer too uncomfortably close to anthropomorphic, we humans supposedly tend to get hit with a queasy squeamishness/r... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Phelps Hospital put on a food truck feed on Sunday, the 21st, aiming to raise money for a new garden envisioned as a place of tranquility for the hospital’s behavioral health patients. Some 150 donors got to choose from six local food trucks... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed a False Claim complaint against Tarrytown-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, claiming that the $13 billion company fraudulently inflated Medicare reimbursements for Eylea, a drug used to treat wet... More »
by Janine Annett– A solar eclipse offers the chance to look at the sun in a new light, but Rivertowns residents planning to observe the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th, should plan to protect their eyes if they want to see the eclipse in person. According t... More »
HORROR VACUI: The unbearable density of being By Krista Madsen– OUTER SPACE I learned this expression “horror vacui” from my friend Andrew Smith who writes on the topic starting with the very crammed Garden of Earthly Delights painting by Hieronymus Bosch, fil... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Police officers summoned to a scene can’t always predict whether the situation will call for them to be combatants, psychologists or emergency medical technicians. One of the most unnerving scenarios involves someone with uncontrolled bleedi... More »
BECOMING MOTHER: Good eggs break and bleed By Krista Madsen– It just occurred to me when I was making mental note of my most “seminal” years, that the dates that resonate most relate to my fertility or the lack. A woman’s timeline is still very much measured b... More »
Before taking over earlier this year as executive director of Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, Dr. Beata Mastalerz spent her first month shadowing her predecessor, Eileen Egan, who retired, just to see what the job entailed. Phelps, a part of the Northwell He... More »
GRAY MATTERS: Our brains our plastic; it’s fantastic By Krista Madsen– PATIENT X Elon Musk is the Interrupting Cow joke. I was midway through a zombie-themed essay (TBC) as the start of a series on a monsters/metamorphs when Musk—as he does, Moo!—inserted hims... More »
A GROGGY GLOGG POST: Cheers to the end of Dry January By Krista Madsen– I don’t drink enough to merit committing to Dry January. But for those who did and are moments away from a celebratory drink, congrats, and might I offer some glögg, gløgg, or grog with a ... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Easter morning 2017 started out like most mornings for Bonni Brodnick, except that she would be driving that day to Connecticut to pick up her mother and bringing her back to Tarrytown for Easter dinner with her family. At 86, visually impai... More »
Beata Mastalerz, DNP, RN, has been named executive director of Phelps Hospital, part of Northwell Health, succeeding Eileen Egan, RN, JD, who has retired after a long, accomplished career. Dr. Mastalerz served as executive director of Manhattan Eye, Ear & Thro... More »
GLIMMER VS. TRIGGER: Seeking the shine in the darkness By Krista Madsen– THE SETTING My baseline is anxiety. I’m the over-inflated beachball bounced by all the boogery pre-K kids in a circle holding the parachute. The parachute, though soft at rest, is precari... More »
LIKE YOURSELF FIRST: Self-love vs. Selfies By Krista Madsen– PYRAMID SCHEMES The first thing I do when I post my essays on my Substack blog is to give them a like. Which on that platform comes in the form of clicking to color an empty outline heart red. It’s s... More »
By Barrett Seaman– An array of doctors, administrators, board members and executives from Northwell Health gathered Monday at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow for a ribbon-cutting to mark the opening of a new Center for Advanced Procedures, or CAP. As amorphou... More »
PARTY OF ONE: Living and Dying Alone By Krista Madsen– In recent weeks, I’ve been examining loneliness—the epidemic and it’s new New York ambassador in Dr. Ruth; those few who, when real life partners don’t work out or seem possible, opt instead for a fictosex... More »
ONLY THE LONELY: The epidemic and the ambassador By Krista Madsen– Dr. Ruth Westheimer, cute and candid sex therapist many of us grew up listening to across radio/TV in the 1980s-90s, at the mere age of 95 has just been appointed by Governor Hochul New York St... More »
By Jeff Wilson– Scores of hopeful women filled the ballroom at Mount Kisco’s MTK Hotel on October 17 for a “free educational and empowerment event for those considering breast reconstruction after a breast cancer diagnosis,” according to the press release... More »
Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) received a customized Mobile Medical Unit to facilitate delivery of care where the majority of their clients reside. This Mobile Medical Unit, which was made possible by grant funding from the Mother Cabrini H... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Rita Rexhaj, owner of Marak Salon on Ashford Ave. in Dobbs Ferry, lost her mom and sister to cancer within three weeks in 2014. During that time, she met Kathy Quinn, Executive Director of Support Connection, a nonprofit organization that off... More »
