To the Editor, In this very contentious presidential election year, it is not just important who is at the top of the ticket, but also who has the real commitment to us right here in the Town of Stony Point. Over the past several years, I have had the great fortune of working with NYS […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It has been more than two years since Ferguson, Missouri, erupted into riots following the deadly police shooting of an unarmed teenager named Michael Brown. It was exactly two years ago this month that Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old playing with a toy gun, was shot dead by a cop in Cleveland, Ohio. […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Rockland said goodbye to another hero this week as we buried a 28-year-old Army sergeant from Wesley Hills. James Morrison graduated from Ramapo High School and had been a member of the Hillcrest Volunteer Fire Department. Then he volunteered to serve his country. Sgt. Morrison had been deployed to […]
BY TOM BASILE In just two weeks, voters will finally head to the polls to pick America’s next President. While that campaign rightfully garners much of our attention, there is more at stake on November 8 than the Presidency. In fact, one particular race here at home could have a greater impact on our lives […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES STAFF EDITORIAL They fired who? Phil Reisman, the best of the remaining columnists at the The Journal News (White Plains), has been unceremoniously axed by the vampire coven of headshrinkers who rule the Gannett Corporation. A 38-year-veteran, Reisman was one of the White Plains newspaper’s most established and popular voices, known for enlightening […]
It’s been 2-1/2 years since the scandal at the Phoenix VA broke. If you remember, 40 veterans had died waiting for medical care. The Inspector General’s (IG) report just came out the beginning of October. Has anything changed? No – it’s sad to say it hasn’t. Phoenix wasn’t the only VA Hospital that was in […]