BY DIANE DIMOND Change is often a good thing. Thinking outside the box can bring about dynamic and fresh solutions to longstanding problems. That’s why I’m hoping that President Trump’s administration — which is on record as wanting to upend the status quo in Washington, D.C. — will employ this kind of thinking with the […]
To the Editor, With all the nonsense and hysterics by Democrats in response to Trump’s temporary travel ban for seven nations, it tells me the liberals don’t give a hoot about the safety of the American people. This is one of Trump’s campaign promises, which, unlike Obama and his promises, he intends to keep and he […]
Open Letter to the Ramapo Planning Department, The property located at 110 New Pomona Road in unincorporated section of the Town of Ramapo was sold on January 20, 2016. The seller of this property, the Minisceongo Golf Course, was Eric Bergstol and the reported sale price was $32 million. The buyer of this property is reported to be […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Here’s a thought. Maybe we’ve been going about trying to reduce the rising murder rate in this country the wrong way. Maybe, instead of taking an aerial view of the problem, we should have been looking at things from down at the street level — analyzing crime reports neighborhood by neighborhood to […]
BY PHILIP C. ROVENTINI CPA There are two education credits (dollar for dollar reduction of tax) that are available to taxpayers who have qualified education expenses for themselves and for their dependents. One is the American Opportunity Credit. This can be a credit of up to $2,500 per eligible student. It is available if the […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY I’ve always loved studying history – especially the history of our great nation. I still get chills when I read about our Founding Fathers and the framework they set more than two centuries ago for our nation. They envisioned a peaceful transfer of power as we, the people, elected […]