Seasonal work, once a rite of passage, is increasingly scarce Summer jobs years ago were once plentiful in the U.S., but employers looking to fill positions for short periods have steadily dropped. By LOGAN KREISBERG and DANIELA RYNOTT Ava Mack, home before her final year studying international relations and film at the University of St. Andrews, is working at Katonah Reading Room as she has for four previous summers. She was hired before her junior year at Fox Lane High Scho

By JEFF MORRIS She doesn’t start her new job as director of the Katonah Village Library until Aug. 3, but Catherine Riedel is already feeling right at home. “It kind of feels like coming home,” the Greenwich, Conn., woman told The Recorder this week. “I raised my children in Croton-on-Hudson. I was there for 25 years, and when I was living in Croton, I did spend a lot of time in Katonah — because Katonah is a great place to come for the arts and many different wonderful expe

By JIM MACLEAN It’s a new season, a new league, a new process and a whole new coaching staff for the John Jay varsity football program as the Wolves get ready for fall. Brendan Connolly calls out instructions at a John Jay football practice. JIM MACLEAN PHOTO When John Jay Athletic Director Christian McCarthy made the decision to move the Wolves into a new developmental league and not compete for the Section 1 playoffs this fall, he knew it would help to find a new head coac