BY DENISE HOGAN Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women, killing more women than breast cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer combined. November is Lung Cancer Awareness month. Not many people know this and it often doesn’t receive press, except for the obituaries, but as a survivor I am very much […]
To the Editor, Basically what Rhodes is trying to do in his rambling letter that claims the bloc vote will ditch St. Lawrence and back Koplen is to scare Preserve Ramapo voters into thinking Koplen has an edge over Chris. It is only to boost motivation for his line. In addition, this would make Koplen […]
To the Editor, Re: “Orangetown ponders tax cap compliance” article by Robert Knight – several corrections are needed. My proposed budget is under the tax cap because I am committed to obtaining tax relief for town residents, and because we can indeed save money through a smart combination of budget cuts, efficiencies, delayed capital spending […]
Dear Commissioner King: It has come to my attention that, after a recent, contentious forum in the Hudson Valley, you chose to cancel the remaining four Common Core events that were scheduled with the New York State PTA. To say I was extremely disappointed in your decision would be an understatement. Now, however, there is news that you […]
Dear Editor, United Water and French parents “Suez Environnement” and “GDF Suez” want us to drink “desalinated” water from the common trough of the Hudson River. After all, GDF CEO Mestrallet is a French Socialist. The Tritium and Strontium-90 leaking into the Hudson are called “radionuclides.” United Water’s “Haverstraw Water Supply Project” Draft Environmental Impact […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Two young Florida teens, just 14 and 12, have been arrested for vicious cyberstalking that led a classmate to commit suicide. Felony charges were filed after the 14-year-old posted an admission to the bullying on her Facebook account and then gloated about it. The local sheriff in Lakeland, Florida, announced he was […]