Posts Tagged ‘ John Hall ’

Too Many Vets Still Leave Service Unaware of Benefits Despite billions of additional dollars pumped into veterans' benefits in recent years, many military personnel still leave service unaware of their VA benefits or of programs set up to help them transition to civilian life, a senior Defense official and veteran advocates testified Wednesday. Noel C. Koch,...
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$2 million in stimulus funds for new Warwick water filtration WARWICK – More federal stimulus funds are starting to flow and $2 million of that is flowing to the Village of Warwick to correct its problem of a contaminated drinking well. Congressman John Hall came to the village Monday to announce the grant, which he said...
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Taps should be seen as a national treasure For me, the playing of taps is the most moving part of any veteran or military memorial ceremony or funeral. It rarely fails to bring tears to my eyes. The melody is both eloquent and haunting. It is a short piece of music, only 24 notes played...
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Rental unit occupancy rates are down as are rents as fewer are able to afford the high cost of local residency. Brewster has so many apartments for rent they don't know what to do and the homeless population is rising across the nation as people are forced out of their homes and apartments for...
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Republicans simply “do” emotion much better than Democrats. (Why do you think Glenn Beck is always crying?) This was again evident at this past Saturday’s “Congress on Your Corner” forum with Rep. John Hall at the Lewisboro Library. A man and a woman in attendance were ready with “questions” in full Tea Party mode....
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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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Dear Senator Leibell, It seems to me that a nation of laws would be proud to hold a trial such as this in what most would consider the capitol of the world and that "cost" would not be a factor. But it pains me as it should any American, to see these trials pushed into...
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