Large areas still in danger; north side of fire still out of control BY BILL DEMAREST ORANGEBURG – While Rockland County volunteer firefighters have made some progress, they are still waging a full-scale battle against a wildfire that has engulfed a large area of Clausland Mountain and has sent smoke pouring across the Hudson River […]
ALBANY, NY… NYGOP Chair Ed Cox today released the following open letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo: Dear Governor Cuomo, Yesterday, you stated that you intend to make a decision on New York’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing before Election Day. This is a decision you should have made on Day One of your administration. It’s a […]
FROM ED DAY County Executive-Elect Ed Day has released the following statement regarding Governor Cuomo’s approval of the bill authorizing early delivery of lottery monies to the East Ramapo Central School District: “Though I am glad to see East Ramapo get this much-needed aid at no taxpayer expense, I am most heartened by the requirement […]
To the Editor, Many years ago William Ernest Henley, in the poem Invictus, wrote that we are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls. Republicans must heed that wisdom today. The Cuomo SAFE Act infringement “big mistake” has given Republicans an enormous opportunity to capture and use the wave of outrage it […]
Flames creep toward Orangeburg houses, embers hit homes on Tweed Boulevard BY BILL DEMAREST CLAUSLAND MOUNTAIN – The brush fire that swept up the west side of Clausland Mountain all afternoon and night on Thursday this morning began to threaten homes on both sides of the mountain. Orangeburg volunteer firefighters were called out early this […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN KIERAN MICHAEL LALOR Fishkill, NY – (11/13/13) – Assemblymembers Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I-Fishkill) and Steve Katz (R,C,I-Yorktown) today joined educators, local officials and parents at a New York State Assembly Minority Forum on Education at Van Wyck Junior High School Auditorium in Wappingers Falls. In response to concerns from parents and students, […]