To the Editor, The Village of Suffern is currently in a stage of overdeveloping the village. Within the last few years the village has changed zoning and policies to allow for mass development. Two zone changes allowed 24 town houses to be built on Wayne Avenue and another zone change allowed around 50 condos to […]
Dear Editor, The impact of Water Week in Rockland Restaurants was huge in creating awareness on the issues surrounding United Water’s proposed Hudson River desalination plant in Haverstraw. The guests at the restaurants received an informational flyer urging them to attend the Public Service Commission Hearings on October 1 and 2 – and they did, […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” The amendment assures us that only when law enforcement has “probable cause” to suspect a person of a crime, may their space be violated. […]
BY DICK RESCH Has America tamed the health-cost monster? The data seem to indicate as much. Health spending has grown by about 4 percent annually over the past four years — the lowest rate in half a century. But our apparent victory may be short-lived. Researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation estimate that the recession […]
BY DIANE DIMOND For this Band of Brothers, the Vietnam War never ended. Forty years after the fighting stopped they continue their struggle to be recognized as part of the unenviable group poisoned by the deadly herbicide Agent Orange. These men who dedicated years to the U.S. military were stationed at Andersen Air Force Base […]
BY MICHAEL D. TANNER This article appeared in the New York Post on September 25, 2013. Like the Yankees sputtering through the last few games of a season filled with injuries and frustration, ObamaCare is limping its way toward its official launch next Tuesday, dragging with it an ever larger trail of disappointments. Supporters of […]