 “For the last 48 years, the strong legal shield of the United States Constitution has steadfastly protected a woman’s ‘right to privacy’ when it comes to choosing whether she will have an abortion, the most private of decisions a woman can ever make.  It is hard to fathom how, in the year 2021, […]
This Sunday, I woke up like I do each and every day and took my morning walk to Starbucks. It’s usually where I get my best thinking done. Throughout that walk, it was pretty apparent that there was a chill in the air, and to me that only means one thing on a September morning. […]
On Thursday afternoon Brian Downey, the Deputy Mayor of the village of Airmont was taken into custody for purchasing a rifle suppression device over the internet. Ramapo Police arrested Downey after cooperating with federal and county authorities on an investigation into the deputy mayor’s purchasing of illegal gun parts. The arrested was made after […]
BY JOHN JASTREMSKI Sunday was shaping up to be one of the more average Sunday’s of the baseball season. The reeling Mets had finally won a series, scored a few runs and beat up on the Washington Nationals. For many Mets fans, the feeling was simply too little, too late. The feeling of it being […]
It’s no secret that the people of Rockland County are unhappy with the name of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. In our last poll, 96 percent of our readership was in favor of renaming the bridge in honor of its predecessor, the Tappan Zee Bridge. Previous efforts to change the name have never gotten much […]
Governor Kathy Hochul has formally announced her choice for Lieutenant Governor. On Thursday, Hochul officially confirmed reports that she had picked progressive democrat and Harlem native Brian Benjamin as her number two. Senator Benjamin and Governor Hochul have a history of cooperation; the duo previously worked together to combat the opioid epidemic by establishing and […]