To the Editor, Governor Cuomo’s announcement of a $1.5 billion initiative for renewable energy projects in New York State is a commendable move considering recent national actions on climate change, but it raises serious questions about his recent bailout of the nuclear industry. If a $1.5 billion investment into the renewable industry will create 40,000 […]
PEARL RIVER – United Way of Rockland County (UWRC) has named Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) its Top Corporate Donor for its successful fundraising drive that this year raised over $150,000 to support United Way programs. O&R achieved this year’s United Way campaign results by combining a dynamic fund-raising drive partnership between the Company […]
The Congers Civic Association will celebrate its 35th anniversary tonight (Thursday, June 8) with a birthday party at the hamlet’s Veterans Memorial Association building on Lake Road, adjacent to the firehouse. Open to the public free of charge, the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. President Gerry O’Rourke says the group started in the spring of 1982 and continues strong […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day It’s been a long time since I’ve been in school or gotten a grade on a test. I nearly forgot the satisfaction you feel when you work hard and then see your hard work recognized by an objective set of standards. I felt that satisfaction last week when […]
BY DOUG KELLOGG Communications Director, Reclaim New York While New Yorkers have been struggling to make ends meet, get to work, and even trust their government, legislators have spent time crafting proposals so ridiculous they’re laughable. Reclaim New York sifted through thousands of bills, and found over two dozen frivolous pieces of legislation to boil […]
To the Editor, This year’s Orangetown supervisor election will be primarily decided based on who is best equipped to manage town finances, protect the character and integrity of our neighborhoods and prevent overdevelopment. These are local issues, not driven by national, ideological or partisan considerations. We have seen in just the last week, however, why […]