BY DIANE DIMOND When our Founding Fathers established the framework for this country, they were careful to limit the powers of the federal government. As James Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers, the federal government’s primary and central job is to “provide for the common defense.” As the nation matured, the role of the federal […]
To the Editor, Brian Kiernan’s recent letter to the editor misstated the plan for the redevelopment of Rockland Psychiatric Center that the Orangetown Town Board unanimously agreed to in 2005. After the town bought 348 acres of surplus property from the state in 2003 to control its own destiny, we issued an official Request […]
BY BRUCE LEVINE Former Chairman of the Rockland County Legislature Nowhere in any of the speeches of five President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway and Assistant to the President Steve Bannon at the Conservative Political Action Conference do you find the words or […]
It’s a sad day for any community when a local hero passes away, especially one whose heroism is as great as that of officer Brian Lennon, who served the Nyack community for many years during the years Nyack had its own police department. Brian was one of the four Nyack policemen who stopped the U-haul […]
To the Editor, As a member of this community for almost five years I cannot express amount of anxiousness and lack of sleep my husband and I have had the past few weeks. In the last 30 days or so I have received countless postcards from realtors asking for me to sell my home. In […]
To the Editor, I am writing on behalf of the Town Board and myself to respond to an inaccurate and inflammatory front page article that appeared in the March 2, 2017 issue of the Rockland County Times. The authors failed to consult anyone in the Town of Haverstraw before publishing the article. Contrary to the […]