It’s Thursday. Tonight, the Rockland Boulders host their first home opener at Provident Bank Park in Ramapo. We’re also continuing to keep track of events in Albany, where’s the legislative sessions’s clock continues to tick. Provident Bank Park: Editorial While we acknowledge that there were significant problems with the way… Read More →
It’s Wednesday. We’re keeping our eyes on Albany today, where it looks increasingly possible that same-sex marriage will pass. Here’s a glance at today’s editorial Health-insurance exchanges: Editorial We cheer the advent of a state health-insurance exchange, a marketplace where uninsured individuals and small businesses can shop for health plans…. Read More →
Seven Republicans seeking their party’s nomination for president debated Monday in Goffstown, N.H. The first primary votes are seven months away and more candidates may jump into the race. Who would you like to see get the nomination? Cast your vote in our poll below: As they prepare to challenge… Read More →
Good Tuesday morning. As the Legislature races to the end of its session — our representatives in Albany complete their business on June 20 — the Opinion page offers an editorial on texting and a Community View on same-sex marriage: Texting while driving: Editorial We challenge the Legislature to take… Read More →
Sing along! It’s Friday, Friday … Here’s a look at today’s Opinions, as we look forward to the weekend … Today, the Editorial Board addresses Gov. Cuomo’s push for a Tier VI pension. An editorial states: The public-employee pension reforms unveiled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week are neither game-changing… Read More →
Here’s a glance at Opinion-related news for Thursday: Editorial: Hillcrest sale in East Ramapo A report by the state education commissioner makes clear that East Ramapo’s school board failed to fulfill its responsibilities to its taxpayers regarding sale of Hillcrest Elementary School to Congregation Yeshiva Avir Yakov of New Square…. Read More →
As the search for missing Edgemont resident Lauren Spierer, a student at Indiana University, continues in Bloomington, Ind., students attending summer sessions at Lower Hudson Valley colleges generally feel safe, according to reporting by our news staff today. Christopher Vaughan, the Editorial Board’s intern who is focused on social media,... Read More →
Good Wednesday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today in The Journal News. Fracking: Editorial We advise members of the state Senate to follow the lead of their colleagues in the state Assembly and adopt another year-long moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The practice, which has… Read More →
Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-Brooklyn, a rising star in the New York congressional delegation who many believed would be the next mayor of New York, admitted Monday to sending a lewd photograph to a young woman via Twitter. Weiner, who had denied sending the photo for more than a week, has… Read More →
Good Tuesday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News Heroin in the suburbs: Editorial We comment on a special report from staff writer Marcela Rojas that detailed the rise in suburban heroin use. To fight this challenge, we encourage prevention: … Parents can take… Read More →