Yorktown and Cortlandt region

It’s Thursday. We’re inching closer to the long holiday weekend. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today: Greg Ball and gay marriage: Editorial We comment on the political mechanics and arm-twisting that led to the state Senate’s 33-29 vote to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. In particular, we… Read More →

Rockland County’s Ronald Steiner, who does public relations for the New York Grand Lodge of Masons, keeps us posted on significant events. He let us know that New City’s the Right Worshipful Federico Larrinaga is the newest grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the State of New… Read More →

Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: Health-insurance exchanges: Editorial We encourage the state Senate to return to Albany to take care of some legislative odds ands ends, chief among them a bill that would create a health-insurance exhange — a market for uninsured individuals and small-business owners to buy… Read More →

Here’s an announcement from the Ossining School District about its musical director and educator, Bradley Morrison: The Ossining Union Free School District Director of Cultural Arts, Bradley Morrison, has been selected by the Westchester County School Music Association (WCSMA) to serve as conductor of the WCSMA Elementary All-County Band in… Read More →

OSSINING — A wake for Jillisa McCarthy, 20, will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the Andre Baker Funeral Home in Ossining. A memorial service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Star of Bethlehem Church at 304 Spring St. McCarthy died as a… Read More →

The Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society has such a deal for you! The society has already mapped out its plans for Nyack Jazz Week 2011 from July 24 to 31, and it’s offering a special promotion to society members, musicians and friends – but it’s only through July 5…. Read More →

Good Tuesday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Andrew Cuomo: Editorial We congratulate Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his success in realizing the legalization of same-sex marriage, a property-tax cap, ethics reform and more in the just-concluded legislative session. New Yorkers, we argue, deserved… Read More →

Good Monday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content that published in The Journal News this past weekend: Saturday, June 25 Rockland flooding: Editorial We comment on the flooding that swamped large swaths of the Lower Hudson Valley on Saturday. We write: … We’ve known for a decade or more… Read More →