BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY Critics have been calling for years for the shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant right across from Stony Point in Northern Westchester. Now they have gotten their wish in the form of an announcement from Gov. Cuomo that he and Entergy have brokered a deal to close […]
To the Editor, In light of the proposed plans by the Orangetown Town Council to replace the existing Town Hall and its recent Request for Proposals concerning Architectural and Space Planning Services, the Town Council should consider incorporating viable space for an Orangetown senior citizen center. Throughout my thirteen years of living in Orangetown, I […]
BY SUPERVISOR GEORGE HOEHMANN Everyone agrees that killing a police officer is so abhorrent that it warrants the toughest penalties allowed by our criminal justice system — including the death penalty. Everyone, it seems, except for Governor Cuomo. As supervisor of Clarkstown, the town where the Brinks robbery and murders took place, I am outraged over […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Years before our nation was attacked on Sept. 11, there was a terror attack right here in Rockland. Oct. 20, 1981 – the day that domestic terrorists with a violent ideology that made sense only to them attacked was Rockland’s Sept. 11. Just like Sept. 11 changed our nation, […]
BY DIANE DIMOND As my father would have said about the year 2016, “So long, and don’t let the door hit you in the rump on the way out!” But I’m sure Dad would have used more colorful language. It was a confusing, divisive and extremely frustrating year, wasn’t it? We saw terror attacks on […]
To the Editor, Many thanks to the Rockland County Department of Health for shutting down the smoking room here at Spring Valley Rest Home, which is located in Nanuet. Before the Health Department closed the room, smoke would escape from the smoking room to the living room, which forced second hand smoke on the home’s […]