Opinion Editor Herb Pinder and Tax Watch Columnist David McKay Wilson discuss development plans for Playland in Rye. (Video by Matthew Brown/The Journal News) Read more on Playland: Children’s museum depends on solving Westchester squabble Astorino: 10-year Playland pact ‘stops the financial bleeding’
Here’s a look at opinion content published over the weekend in The Journal News: Saturday, Sept. 24 Troy Davis: Commentary Alice T. Crowe, a Nyack attorney and playwright, offers a Community View on Troy Davis, the African-American man put to death last week in Georgia for the 1989 murder of… Read More →
Good Thursday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Westchester Children’s Museum: Editorial We comment on the recent veto-proof vote by the Westchester County Board of Legislators to lease space at Playland to the Westchester Children’s Museum. The unanimous vote eliminates the chance of… Read More →
It’s Monday. We await the news from the Legislature’s final day in session. Here’s a look at recent Opinion content published in The Journal News: Sunday, June 19 Same-sex marriage: Editorial We encourage Republicans in the state Senate to get the job done on same-sex marriage before the legislative session… Read More →
Good Monday afternoon. Here’s a look at opinion content published in The Journal News on Saturday, March 12, Sunday, March 13 and Monday, March 14: Saturday, March 12 Public employees: Commentary Barry Goldman, an arbitrator and mediator and the author of “The Science of Settlement: Ideas for Negotiators,” argues that… Read More →
Here’s a look at opinion content published today, Wednesday, Sept. 8: Tarrytown tragedy: Editorial We lament the deaths of Anthony Ruggiero and John Kelly, who gave their lives Monday in service to the Tarrytown community. We write: Many mourn their deaths and hope that the inquiries yield answers that might… Read More →
Here’s a look at opinion content published Saturday, Aug. 28, Sunday, Aug. 29 and today, Monday, Aug. 30: Saturday, Aug. 28 Park51: Commentary Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten comments on the hysteria over the Cordoba Initiative’s proposed Park51 Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan. He writes: … August is… Read More →
Here’s a look at opinion content published today, Thursday, Aug. 26: Ramapo ballpark: Editorial We comment on Ramapo voters, who overwhelmingly decided Tuesday to reject a financing plan for a proposed minor-league ballpark. We write: Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence would have a hard time justifying further encumbering taxpayers with… Read More →
Tracy Kay, executive director of the proposed Westchester Children’s Museum, and other museum officials discussed the future of their ambitious endeavor in an Editorial Spotlight interview Wednesday on LoHud.com. The nonprofit group’s backers propose locating the museum in the former bathhouses at Playland in Rye. A long-contemplated plan to lease… Read More →
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino recently announced that he will seek proposals to make Playland, a longtime money-loser for the county, profitable. He also said that a plan to locate the Westchester Children’s Museum in the Playland’s former bathhouses was on hold. The museum had made an agreement with former… Read More →