Letter from Chamber President Risa Hoag to the Community To the Editor, I would like to personally thank everyone who was involved with making the Nanuet Chamber of Commerce inaugural Street Fair such an enormous success! We had hoped for 100 vendors, we had 175! We hoped we would see 3,000 visitors throughout the day, […]
To the Editor, Ten stars to Dylan Skriloff! I just read your article in the Rockland Times about the condo embezzlement case. This one is small potatoes compared to the ones I hear about on a weekly basis. HOAs and COAs are nothing but a thieves’ paradise! I became heavily involved in studying HOAs after […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The president of the United States is the commander-in-chief over all branches of the military. It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate commander. But now, with the veterans hospital scandal in full bloom, after the administration’s smokescreen about what triggered the […]
To the Editor, Across New York State voters are responding to a June 3 announcement the Governor Cuomo and the State Health Department have partnered with a British pharmaceutical company to conduct clinical trials with a product made from marijuana, Epidiolex. Why are medical marijuana advocates inflamed over Governor Cuomo’s actions? Well, why is Governor […]
BY MARGO THORNING President Obama recently released his fiscal year 2015 budget proposal. In it, he calls for greater investments in natural-gas production. This comes shortly after the surprising news of a favorable administration environmental report on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, a planned $7 billion project that would deliver 800,000 barrels of oil […]
To the Editor, Someone on Facebook recently said she hears from people who are living in great distress and trauma that all the “systems” have failed them leaving them to heal and help themselves. What we need, she concluded, is fewer systems and more supportive communities. Well said, but how can this be brought about? […]