The Northern Westchester Examiner–
Our modern lives are so hectic and fragmented that it can be difficult to remember the real value of community, a virtue on display in spades at Saturday’s Yorktown Community Day and Alliance for Safe Kids Taste of Yorktown event in Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park.
The event was an explosion of community, a Technicolor testament to all that Yorktown has to offer. Here at The Northern Westchester Examiner, we were excited for the chance to enjoy a beautiful spring day and interact with our friends and neighbors.
Led by the Alliance for Safe Kids — a powerhouse community organization that has long occupied an important niche to do tremendous things for Yorktown, several other organizations were represented that are among our favorites. We were glad to see Yorktown Relay for Life, the Yorktown Teen Center, the Yorktown Rotary, the Yorktown Police Benevolent Association and so many other excellent area resources represented.
We think Yorktown is also well-served by Town Supervisor Michael Grace, who gamely allowed town residents young and old to catapult him into the dunk tank. It’s important to have a leader with a sense of humor and a real focus on community pride — qualities Grace has in spades.
At the Taste of Yorktown portion of the event, it was nice to see the community welcoming not just old favorites like Murphy’s and Traveler’s Rest but embracing new restaurants like Jewel of Himalaya and Karen Symington Muendell’s Yorktown’s Farmer’s Market. It’s easy to forget all the love, warmth and power that can come from good neighbors and a community that places its faith and trust in each other. Yorktown is a phenomenally lucky community, and we’re grateful and proud to cover such a robust and giving community.
We hope the citizens of Yorktown appreciated the reminder as much as we did Saturday.