We pause here to wish a speedy recovery to a Kent neighbor from Farmer's Mills Road who surprised two burglars in his home last week and and was found badly beaten and semi-conscious several hours later by coworkers wondering why he'd not come back from lunch. He's currently in hospital but late reports say...
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This is the reality in America today; one that was not brought to us by Democrats or "liberals" or terrorists or immigrants or drug lords or pedophiles or whatever your make-believe-fear-of-the-moment-is. It's a situation we've brought upon ourselves because we have forgotten that in progressive societies, people take care of each other and that...
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The quick poll we're running on reducing municipal budgets is going well. More than 45 votes have been tallied so far but I'm not going to tell you the results just yet. Instead I'll ask that if you have not yet participated to do so - and to ask your friends to do...
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2010 is going to be an interesting year for politics in Putnam County. The sides are lining up for a couple of Legislative seats and the race for the County Executive's seat. On the legislative side the Republican machine is gunning to shoot down one of its own, Tony Fusco, trying to remove the...
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I understand that part of the reason for all this is that if I take money from you up-front and then walk away from the job you have a place to go (my bond which the county holds.) But along with that I have to pay the county a $250 fee every two years,...
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Yo Wait! Before we do, remember that New York gave Verizon permission to raise their rates recently because they had lost business to their competition. So, rather than improve service and attract more customers in that good old American Capitalist way, they went begging to the State and the State said, "yeah, sure." And...
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Hinchey, TSEC, & National Guard Officials Announce New $4 Million Federal Investment to Construct Solar Farm at Stewart Air National Guard Base Congressman Secured Funds to Make Local National Guard Base More Secure and Energy Efficient; ANG Project Will Serve as a Model for Military Installations across the County Newburgh, NY- Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), officials...
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