Lately it’s been too hot to spend a lot of time on serious political matters. The State Legislature has gone home and won’t return until November, at the earliest.
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7/12/12
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Residents of the Rockville Centre school district will go to the polls on May 15 to vote on school and library trustee candidates and on two proposed spending plans for 2012-13 that each come in under the state-mandated tax-levy cap.
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5/2/12
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It was just a casual comment during a typical debate week for the Republican presidential candidates, but for me it was an annoying one.
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2/9/12
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It’s hard to believe that in a country that has over 310 million people, we can’t find a better crop of people to run for president. Putting Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman aside, the rest of the lineup is an example of how flawed the presidential primary system actually is.
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12/8/11
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The Rockville Centre Public Library is proposing a budget of $3.1 million, 2.9 percent larger than its current spending plan.
Library Director Maureen Chiofalo says that much of the increase is …
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5/11/11
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On Tuesday, Rockville Centre School District residents will vote on the proposed 2011-12 school budget of $95.7 million, a 2.4 percent budget-to-budget increase, the second-lowest in 19 years. The …
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5/11/11
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Supporters of the new RVC United Party had an opportunity to meet and mingle with its slate of candidates — Francis X. Murray, who is running for mayor and Nancy Howard and Michael Sepe, both trustee candidates, at their official campaign kick-off on the afternoon of April 3 at Cannon’s Blackthorn Irish American Restaurant and Bar on N. Village Avenue.
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Judy Rattner
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4/13/11
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More than 75 local teens packed Five Pennies Creamery on April 1 to enjoy free ice cream in an event hosted by the Rockville Centre Youth Council, in partnership with Dan Levine, the owner of the new sweet shop on N. Park Avenue.
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Judy Rattner
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4/13/11
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The race between three Republicans vying to be chosen as the challenger to Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) for the 4th Congressional District seat turned fierce last week during a debate held by …
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Lee Landor
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9/8/10
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A philosopher once said that “the two greatest professions for which there is no formal training are politics and motherhood.”
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Jerry Kremer
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6/29/10
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