What people are talking about in 24 hours of LoHud.com: All southbound lanes of the Palisades Interstate Parkway, from Stony Point south to the George Washington Bridge, will be closed Saturday for the cycling portion of the Ironman U.S. Championship. It won’t affect me but it is still ridiculous. The… Read More →
Building a new Tappan Zee Bridge spanning the Hudson River and connecting Rockland and Westchester counties is projected to cost upwards of $5 billion. The final environmental reports are in, and so are bids from three consortiums competing to design and build one of the largest infrastructure projects in the… Read More →
Commentary on today’s news and opinion, from readers and newsmakers. Nearly 500 geese inhabiting the Sprain Lake golf course in Yonkers were shipped upstate on July 2 to be euthanized. Many LoHud.com readers have condemned this as inhumane while others offer justifications: “This is unfortunate that officials in N.Y. either… Read More →
In the wake of the March earthquake that devastated Japan, the Editorial Board hosted Lynn Sykes and Klaus Jacob, both retired professors and seismologists affiliated with Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades. The Editorial Spotlight discussion focused on he Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan. Sykes and Jacob… Read More →
Good Friday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Indian Point and Japan: Editorial We comment on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko’s Wednesday visit to the Indian Point. In remarks to the press, Jaczko affirmed that comparisons between the Buchanan facility and Japan’s… Read More →
Good Wednesday afternoon. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today in The Journal News Indian Point: Editorial We welcome Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s calls for a safety review at Indian Point. The nuclear power facility in Buchanan has been the focus of much scrutiny as events at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi… Read More →
Good Tuesday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published in The Journal News today: Village elections: Editorial We comment on today’s village elections — here’s our guide to local races — and argue that New York should consolidate its elections to the first Tuesday of November, when general elections… Read More →
Good morning. Take a glance at today’s opinion content: Greg Varian endorsement: Editorial In today’s editorial, we endorse Democrat Greg Varian of New Rochelle in the race to fill the seat of Westchester County Legislator Vito Pinto in the 10th district. We write: “In the race to fill a vacancy… Read More →