BY DIANE DIMOND In the summer of 2008, Jodi Arias stabbed her boyfriend nearly 30 times, slashed his throat, shot him in the head and left him in the shower of his Mesa, Arizona, home. Eleven days later, the attractive 28-year-old was arrested, and the public became transfixed by her case. Nearly seven years after […]
Dear Editor, Over the weekend, Orangetown lost a part of our history when the Abraham Lent House, which had stood on South Greenbush Road since 1752 was unexpectedly demolished by the owners of the property. I am shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of this historic home. It is especially painful since plans were […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I remain deeply troubled by a video released last week on behalf of a largely-unknown group of desperate provocateurs who call themselves OJPAC. The video titled “The Jew in Rockland” compares a range of issues in Rockland County to conditions faced by Jews the 1930s that led to the […]
LETTER FROM DAVID LASKA OF THE NYGOP This is not an April Fool’s Day gag: The controversial new law in Indiana was modeled after a 1993 law signed by Bill Clinton and sponsored by New York’s own Chuck Schumer. Schumer took to Facebook Tuesday (there must not have been any cameras around) to argue against […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I was encouraged to learn of a recent state initiated meeting between Acting Thruway Executive Director Robert Megna, Deputy Director of State Operations for Programs Joseph Rabito and Village of South Nyack Mayor Bonnie Christian regarding the access point to a bicycle and walking path coming with the new Tappan […]
To the editor, Once upon a time, in a land far away, the populace was told that the tax of gas would go to maintain the highways. As this is obviously not the case any longer, then the taxes on gas should be eliminated. Moreover, since it is no longer the responsibility of the government […]