OMBUDSMAN’S ALERT: Windows 10, Microsoft’s Major Mismatch

OMBUDSMAN’S ALERT: Windows 10, Microsoft’s Major Mismatch

Many PC users were doing just fine until they were “forced” to “upgrade” to windows 10 by Microsoft. Evidence of this fact may be found in the high volume of complaints received by many “geeks” interviewed by this writer in recent weeks. According to all of these geeks, at the heart of this problem is […]

County Executive’s Corner: “We will protect our children”

By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Rockland County fire inspectors have already started inspecting 49 private schools that either failed to comply with regulations or were given questionable grades. It’s not something we wanted to do. But when the schools failed to follow the law and the municipalities in which they are located turned a […]

LUNG ASSOCIATION LAUDS NEW FDA AUTHORITY OVER E-CIG INDUSTRY

To the Editor, On May 5, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made a landmark announcement giving the agency the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes, hookah tobacco, cigars, pipe tobacco, dissolvables and any future tobacco products. Prior to this rule, only traditional combustible cigarettes were regulated by the FDA under provisions of the 2009 Family […]

Failure to Act on Immigration Reform Puts Americans in Danger

BY DIANE DIMOND Decisions always have a consequence. That’s what I told my daughter as she was growing up. Make a decision to do something but, realize, you must then live with the consequences. I’m left wondering if Washington politicians had mothers who taught them the same lesson. The consequence of Washington’s long-term failure to fix […]

VOICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY: Memorial Day In Rockland County

By Legislator Alden H. Wolfe (D- Montebello) Chairman Rockland County Legislature From the moment that America declared its independence in 1776, residents who lived in what is now Rockland County have served and given their life fighting for the United States in every war – foreign and domestic. We are reminded of their service and […]