Dorothea LaScala has lived in northern Westchester with husband, William, for more than a half-century. I’ve lived in Yorktown for less than half that time. The LaScalas moved to Yorktown from New York City in 1963. Our family moved here 30 years later.

It didn’t take me long to find out why Dottie LaScala is one of the area’s most beloved residents: She’s the kind of person worthy of receiving the rare honor of being named grand marshal of the 2017 Yorktown Feast of San Gennaro. Mrs. LaScala gets that much love because she gives that much to her community and those who live in it.