By County Executive Ed Day When I reviewed the proposed Governor’s Executive Budget, it included, among other items, an Early Voting initiative. Given the fact that some years back when this was last proposed, the proposed cost of implementation would have occupied approximately three quarters of the entirety of a 2% property tax increase, I […]
BREAKING NEWS FROM MIT: Rebuilding organs so they might be used again BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman It’s time to check in with the latest research from my old stomping grounds at MIT. During my years as a mathematics professor at the university I was exposed to the latest advances in many fields of science. […]
By Town of Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann It’s hard to believe, but spring is here, and with it, a lot of discussions about what projects should be done in and around the house. Is this the year you finally remodel the bathroom, or is it way past the time to repave the driveway? Can we […]
To the Editor, Last Thursday night, March 15, 2018, I attended a meeting of the Town of Ramapo Zoning Board of Appeals. The second item was a developer who wanted to put a larger multifamily house on a cul de sac that consists of single family homes. Some of the neighbors on the street supported the developer because the […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Ahh. The extra sunshine these days makes me long for spring. Thanks to daylight saving time, nearly all of us are now able to enjoy an extra hour of sun on the back end of the day. The only U.S. residents who don’t benefit live in Hawaii, most of Arizona (excluding the […]
BY JOSEPH KOVAL Vehicle theft has gone “high tech.” Automobile remote keyless entry systems (RKE) were introduced in the 1980s. They’ve proved to be a big hit, making it easier for the grocery-laden to unlock their cars and sparing many of the terminally forgetful from finding they’ve left their keys in the ignitions of their […]