Melissa Farella By THANE GRAUEL Melissa Farella often brings her young daughter to the Pound Ridge Town Park playground, where she herself played growing up. The faded painted metal equipment and compacted wood mulch surfacing are past their prime. The playground is due for a major overhaul and Farella will play a large role in its future. Her life has come full circle. The Pound Ridge native, who joined the town’s swim team at 8 and took a town lifeguard job at 15, is now i

By THANE GRAUEL Federal authorities have charged a Goldens Bridge man with wire fraud, alleging he scammed victims out of more than $5 million through a fraudulent real estate investment scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday unsealed a complaint charging Andrew Laub with wire fraud. He was arrested in Goldens Bridge in the morning and appeared that afternoon before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy at federal court in

A casual reader of The Recorder’s opinion pages in the weeks leading up to local, state and national elections could reasonably conclude that letters to the editor are subject to a partisan screening process that allows only one set of political views — namely, those supporting Democratic candidates — to pass through. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Recorder accepts — in fact, we actively encourage — letters expressing viewpoints from across the political and id