To the Editor, After reading a Letter to the Editor in a local town newspaper by yet elected Piermont Trustee Ivanya Alpert, I couldn’t help but laugh at her attempt to infer that Ed Day is somehow racist or anti-Semitic because of the factual concerns in this county and his saving this county from bankruptcy. Her […]
To the Editor, I had some hope for the new secretary of Veterans Affairs. I base that on the fact that he was a doctor, and had worked for the VA system. Now it has all too quickly become business as usual. After six months on the job the Secretary took a 10-day vacation to […]
To the Editor, Â My name is Joe Carlin, and I am a write-In candidate for Village of Nyack trustee. As an independent Democrat who competed in the recently-held Democratic primary back in September, many have asked me why I am engaging in a write-in campaign. And in response I ask them four simple questions: […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann On November 1, 2017, the Town of Clarkstown held our second annual Veteran’s Day appreciation ceremony and breakfast at the Street Community Center in New City. Over 200 local veterans attended the event. This year, we had the honor of having Megan Leavey, a US Marine Corp Veteran and Purple Heart […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Every month, Rockland County spends $12,000 on cell phones – a vital tool in this age of instant communication. It’s a necessary cost, but we very easily could be paying $2,000 less for the same service every month. That would save $24,000 a year of your money. Now […]
BY DIANE DIMOND What do the late Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, movie producer Harvey Weinstein, former President Bill Clinton, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, comedian Bill Cosby and entertainer Michael Jackson have in common? They all arranged to pay out beaucoup bucks to people who accused them of […]