Cover Articles
SPRING/SUMMER 2023
Best Summer Day Trips are Calling Your Name
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
Westchester offers an endless amount of activities throughout the year – but summers here offer a special time for unmatched daytrips. With the price of gas finally down, there’s no better time than the present to get in your car and zoom around with your family, friends or take some time for yourself.
WINTER/SPRING 2023
Distinctive Fitness for the New Year
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
The start of the year often brings about new health and fitness goals…many of which are quickly gone with the wind. But what if you found a new way to be inspired to keep up with a new and unique routine?
FALL 2022
Evolution of the Westchester Craft Crawl
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
Ever since high school, Ossining resident Leigh Taylor Mickelson knew the world of art was calling her name. Still, it wasn’t until she attended the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology that she discovered her love of ceramics.
SUMMER 2022
The Next Generation of Young Scientists Can Find Hands-On Mentorship at Regeneron
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
The past decade has seen an explosion in the growth of STEM careers and industries. One local company is helping lead the way for many bright minds – especially women – to enter such exciting fields.
SPRING 2022
Going Green in Westchester
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
Located right in the middle of the county in Elmsford, the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County (CCE) spent last year making a tremendous impact on our community.
WINTER 2022
A Start to a Healthy Heart
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
This month, medical professionals across the country celebrate “Go Red for Women” – an American Heart Association campaign empowering women to know the symptoms and their risk for the number one killer of all women – cardiovascular disease.
FALL 2021
Art Always, in All Ways
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
Music lovers can rejoice! The county’s signature music event, the 10th Annual JazzFest White Plains will once again grace the streets and parks of the center of the county, and the ArtsWestchester historic building.
SUMMER 2021
Golf, Not Just FORE Men
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
Often considered a sport for the elite, golf has seen a record number of new players in the past year. In 2020, the National Golf Foundation reported three million Americans tried the game of golf for the very first time – and the women of Westchester aren’t missing out on the action.
SPRING 2021
Queens of the Crop: The Cannabis Leaders of Westchester County
BY LAUREN HURWITZ
Before New York lawmakers started accepting the idea of sending restrictions on recreational marijuana up in smoke, they first embraced cannabis for medicinal purposes.