Letters from our readers
While we do not ordinarily waste time responding to partisan political attacks, we, the undersigned members of the Putnam County Legislature, cannot let go unchallenged the contemptable and false statements made in a letter from Putnam County Democrats Chairman Scott
Read MoreThe success of public transportation can be traced to one of the late President Lyndon Johnson’s greatest accomplishments, which continues benefiting many Americans today. On July 9, 1964, he signed the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 into law. Subsequently, this has resulted in the investment
Read MoreThe Surfside, Fla. building collapse has offered up for view several areas of responsibility: the condo board, a consulting engineer’s report, various city officials, plus someone identified as a chief building official who in November 2018 apparently stated that, irrespective
Read MoreWhen Scott Reing, chair of the Democratic Party for Putnam, spoke at the full county legislature meeting, I was surprised to hear my name invoked as an example of so-called disrespectful treatment by fellow Legislator Neal Sullivan, and doubly so
Read MoreOne of Westchester County’s great treasures, Pocantico Lake Park, is a 164-acre park that sits adjacent to the Rockefeller Preserve in the Town of Mount Pleasant. The county park includes the 27-acre lake and surrounding wetlands in addition to trails
Read MoreThe United States Passport Agency is stressing out many American citizens. Vacations, wedding plans outside the country, business trips are all being impacted negatively because the Passport Agency does not have the staff or resources to timely process expedited passport applications.
Read MoreThere must be change on the Putnam County Legislature. I attended the July 6 full legislative meeting in order to speak about the importance of having a bipartisan, independent Charter Commission to review the charter. The current makeup of the
Read MoreThere is a blight in our wonderful city. Sears is gone. Macy’s is gone. Those spectacular July4th fireworks shows and the New Year’s Eve ball drop – they’ve gone too. What’s left is a massive, concrete desert. So here’s an
Read MoreI’ve noticed an alarming trend occurring in New Castle politics. We’ve failed to maintain a level of civility and respect that has started among our politicians and been reflected in our town. I especially saw this happen at the Town Board’s
Read MoreThe Garden Club of Yorktown strongly opposes the height reduction of the green hedge that borders the Cablevision property and Route 118. Our club was founded in 1928 with the specific charter to beautify the town. Our 50-plus members work
Read More