The Metropolitan Transportation Authority earlier this year released a schedule of carryover construction projects from the last pair of five-year capital plans. This was prior to the significant growth of the coronavirus outbreak.
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12/6/20
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As major tech companies rush to claim solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, they’re being rightfully called out for the ways their product and workplace conditions actively undermine the rights and safety of Black people.
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12/6/20
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Besides the sad deaths of a quarter-million Americans, the coronavirus pandemic claimed another victim in November: The re-election of President Trump.
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By JOHN O'CONNELL
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12/5/20
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It is most appalling that Donald Trump refuses to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect and Kamala Harris as the vice president-elect.
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11/29/20
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I appreciate Alan Saks’ tribute to the great songwriting team of Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber, who also wrote The Coasters’ biggest hits as well like “Love Potion No. 9,” “Kansas City,” “Some Other Guy,” “Trouble,” “Don’t,” “Saved” and so many others.
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11/29/20
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It’s reassuring to know that everything is so right in Riverdale that its only newspaper can devote 18 inches of precious editorial space in its Nov. 19 issue to events in Chittenden, Vermont; Arvada Colorado; Boston; Selingsgrove, Pennsylvania; and Wheeling, West Virginia.
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11/29/20
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Thank you for shining a light on the abysmal physical conditions of the Marble Hill Community Center, a beacon for the Marble Hill community — particularly for our senior citizens and youth.
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11/29/20
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Recently, I saw a documentary about the rise of Nazi Germany and learned that Hitler’s favorite crowd-pleaser shout was “Make Germany great again!”
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11/29/20
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I would hope that Rabbi Elchanan Poupko would be more careful with his accusations of anti-Semitism regarding Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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11/29/20
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Not every day am I nostalgic, and I do not really relish touching base with so many memories of a world long gone.
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By JAMES SHEEHAN
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11/29/20
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