Plenty of parents commented on an article about a dad’s consternation that OMM soccer switched his daughter’s coach on their elite traveling soccer team. He wanted a refund.

Comments talked about the program and what it’s given to the town (well-maintained fields at the former RPC property, fund-raisers for families in their most trying times, the Buddy [...]

How many elected officials (and consultants) does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Who knows, but you can guarantee it’s going to be a pricey endeavor.

Today, Akiko Matsuda reports that Orangeburg Library, which rents space from the Town of Orangetown and pays its own utility bills, ended up getting a big bill ($18,000) when [...]

Today, my local deli offered free coffee and doughnuts to veterans. They are participants in Rockland County Veteran Affairs’ “Return the F.A.V.O.R.” program, in which vets get discounts at local merchants. That make me want to go back again, above and beyond the nice sandwiches they make.

This Veterans Day  comes amid war, amid the horrific [...]

Nyack’s Halloween Parade took place this year on the actual day, which some merchants and families thought was great. Personally, I like to stretch it out some, and the combo of a Saturday and parade day pushed the trick-or-treating kind of late. (Some could say that’s good, or bad, same as my observation that my [...]

An article today about a family’s dog shot and killed by a bow hunter in Tackamack Park/Blauvelt State Park elicited more than a hundred responses by mid-day. Many blast all hunting, others started fingerpointing because dogs off-leash aren’t allowed in the park, where hunting, of course, is banned too.

One reader believed the hunter, or as [...]

He was quick with a lollipop to soothe the sting of a shot. He made house calls at all hours of the night to check in on his young patients. The families he served for decades are mourning the loss of Dr. Sidney William Berezin, who died Oct. 12. He was 89.

Dr. Berezin was the [...]

This weekend, I got a call from Penny Jennings, who singlehandedly launched a mentoring program, Adults Caring For Teens, Inc., to tell me

she’s a delegate to this year’s Education Project, which takes place in Bahrain and addresses the future of education around the world. She’s also a presenter, joining a discussion on “Empowering Students, Parents [...]

Yesterday’s endorsement hearings (Rockland County Legislature District 14, Clarkstown Town Board and Nyack mayor and trustee candidates) went pretty well. We had 100 percent attendance, and informative Q&A.  See for yourself at the Editorial Spotlight archives, www.lohud.com/editorialspotlight.

Tomorrow, the Spring Valley candidates get their turn. The mayoral candidates are at 11 a.m. and trustees at noon. [...]

I’m prepping for the four endorsement hearings scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) and Thursday. Want to help with questions? Post them here, or e-mail them to ncutler@lohud.com. You can suggest questions for any contested race. Or, you can use Livestream during the endorsement hearings. Here’s this week’s schedule of hearings:

Tuesday, Oct. 6

1 p.m. – Rockland County [...]

Today, we have an editorial about Rockland Community College, which marks its 50th anniversary this week.

Last night, U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel sent out a press release announcing that the just-passed House-passed fiscal year 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations bill contained $300,000 for RCC that the college plans to use to upgrade and replace six science [...]