Candidates in most contested elections for mayor, supervisor and trustee in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties are invited to discuss the issues and their campaigns in endorsement interviews with Editorial Board. As in the past, these discussions will form the basis of news articles and serve as fodder for the… Read More →
Readers are praising a 14-year-old Armonk girl who protected her younger sister and helped police catch a burglar Monday after the suspect allegedly broke into the family’s home. Katherine Weiss called authorities after locking herself and her 9-year-old sister Caroline in a bedroom during the break-in. Police apprehended a man… Read More →
There’s an interesting discussion going on in Spring Valley, following a Sunday article about municipal salaries. As it turns out, 48 of the 50 highest-paid village employees are police officers. Topping the list is Police Chief Paul J. Modica, at $191,617. Mayor George Darden, the highest-paid mayor in Rockland, brought… Read More →
Here’s some deserved kudos to Bill Ryan, the chairman of the Westchester Board of Legislators. The False Claims Act / affordable-housing settlement that won final board approval last week had the potential to be a bigger and more expensive mess than it was—for the board and for taxpayers. It wasn’t,... Read More →
There’s lots of concern about H1N1 (swine) flu, and lots of confusion, too. Last week, a woman who volunteers at a local hospital wrote a letter claiming that “thanks to our president,” she had to leave a position that she loved, because she didn’t want to get the flu shot…. Read More →
This is the first weekend run for Michael Moore’s new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, his long-anticipated send up on Wall Street, the financial meltdown, the economy, and the not-so-free enterprise system. If you see it, feel free to share your view. I saw it Wednesday in the city. It… Read More →
Readers had plenty of thoughts on why housing sales and prices are down in the region, and were happy to share them on LoHud.com. The reaction came after the state’s Association of Realtors released a report that said sales decreased more dramatically in the Lower Hudson Valley than in the… Read More →
Now, Moshe Lefkowitz can’t figure out the fuss over debris, etc., at the site where he has been coordinating kapparot ceremonies for ultra-Orthodox Jews. The ceremony, performed during the period between Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, involves passing a chicken over one’s head three times while… Read More →
It is surprising to find out that the New York State Comptroller has audited New Rochelle’s school lunch. Shouldn’t the office that is responsible for managing the state’s ever-shrinking pension fund, and overseeing the spending and purchasing practices of schools, municipalities and state agencies, have more important things to look… Read More →
Would you make a pact with a spouse to kill him or her if either one of you was terminally ill? That’s one of the questions being debated among readers after 77-year-old Paul Weinstein of New Rochelle was arrested by police Wednesday for killing his ill wife. Police said the… Read More →