To the Editor, Eugene M. Newman, murdered by William V. Cleary in 1914, was my great-uncle. I and my father (his nephew, whom he never knew) were named after him. I knew nothing of this story until years after I had grown up and moved to Chicago. It was never discussed during my childhood in […]
Dear Neighbors, The Town of Orangetown has zero tolerance for hate crimes. As many of you are probably aware, a Pearl River family awoke on Sunday morning to discover that the tires of their cars had been slashed and the cars had been spray-painted with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti. These acts of racially-motivated violence are […]
BY MICHAEL HULL FROM THE ROCKLAND VOICE Nita Lowey is dodging an October debate at the Gracepoint Gospel Fellowship Church in New City where WRCR hosted a very successful debate between Ed Day and David Fried during the election for County Executive last year. The Chris Day campaign was contacted two weeks ago by a […]
To the Editor, After greater than two years of a successful capital campaign by Don Franchino and his many volunteers, this BOD determined to over throw his efforts – for what purpose or gain? Were they concerned that a new facility might become a reality or that their positions on the BOD might be threatened? […]
BY THOMAS J. BASILE At the risk of sounding overly sentimental, watching the Yankees captain step up to the plate at his last All-Star Game this week brought tears to my eyes and made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. If you are a fan of America’s Pastime, or sports […]