Dear Governor Cuomo and Secretary Burgess, There is no need at all for United Water Suez’s desalination project in Rockland County New York. We have plenty of water for the long term future. After all, we receive 50 inches of rainfall per year, and our aquifers recharge at a healthy, sustainable rate. I’m an environmental […]
To the editor, News 12 this week aired a special report focusing on recent disturbing incidents of sexual abuse in the Village of New Square. The six-minute feature spotlighted the criminal case of Rabbi Moshe Taubenfeld, an accused predator indicted by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the repeated molestation of a young male victim […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Another Fourth of July is upon us, and every year I try to think past the BBQ’s and beer and ponder the origin of Independence Day. “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among […]
COMMENTARY BY CHAYIM TAUBER I lost three brothers this week. Israel lost three sons. The weekend prior, Jewish homes worldwide lit candles as both prayer and vigil for the three teenagers, Naftali Fraenkel (16), Gilad Shaar (16), and Eyal Yifrach (19). It was a gesture equal parts prayer and symbolic unity. Though that communal sense […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Global Positioning Satellite systems can pinpoint our location no matter where we are in the world and tell us precisely where to turn to get to our destination. U.S. satellites monitor just about anything on earth — from the path of a forest fire to the route of a convoy of trucks. […]
Dear Editor, How words can fool us! We’re likely to learn it the hard way. Times are hard. Prices are high. Income is low. You’re falling behind on your home mortgage. No problem, some agency says.There’s such a thing as a mortgage modification. We’ll work with the bank to lower the payments. Here’s the chance […]