Putnam County News and Recorder of Cold Spring, NY

Cold Spring, NY

News Archive

Home
Front Page
Letters
General Stories
Sports
Columns Archive
Obituaries
Birth
Announcements
School News
Classifieds
Meetings
Movies
Events Calendar
Cultural Organizations
Churches
Legals
Points Of Interest
Real Estate
Restaurant
Local Services
Local Info
Government
Recreation Dept
Classified
Order Form
Subscription Order Form
Putnam
Shopping Page
Advertisers Index
Weather
Search
Archive
Publisher Info
Copyright©
1999 - 2008
Publication of PCN&R, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

RSS
RSS Feed


Newspaper web site content management software and services


DMCA Notices
LettersSeptember 26, 2001 

How Soon We Forget
     Exactly four years ago I wrote the following letter to your paper. In those years, our capable Highway Superintendent has demonstrated how drainage is the main key to stable dirt roads. However, the Town Board seems to have forgotten:
More ...

Concerned How Haldane Responded To Jewish Holidays
To the Editor

     Below is the text of a letter which we sent to the Board of education on Sept. 20, 2001
More ...

Town Leaders Took Advantage Of Distraction
Letter to the Editor:

     The day after the World Trade Center toppled, the world stood still. Wall Street closed. Schools closed. Broadway went dark. Everything stopped while the world came to grips with the terrorism that had struck our nation. Business ceased while people, worldwide, paid their respects to the victims of ...
More ...

Hatred Needs To Stop At Home.
     Editor,
More ...

Sometimes There Is No Other Side
Dear Editor,

     A letter published in the September 19th issue from a conflict resolution manager urged understanding and copious foreign aid as a more effective response to the World Trade Center atrocity than the use of force.
More ...

Response With Violence Does Not Stop The Cycle
     Dear Editor;
More ...

Resident Denied Property Rights
     Dear Editor;
More ...

Takes Issue With Complaints Of County’s Response To Disaster
Dear Editor,

     I’m writing in response to a letter from Maurizio Magnotta in your September 19 edition of the Putnam County News, especially to his statement "the mediocre attitude that has settled into the way of life in Putnam is disgraceful". Evidently he wasn’t able to find any place in Putnam to don...
More ...

Requests Town To Stop Rush To Pave Road
Dear Editor,

     The Old Road Society of Philipstown (ORS) requests that our Town Board provide more information and consider the input of affected residents before paving East Mountain Road North. We are concerned that insufficient notice and the terrible events of Sept 11 combined to deter interested citizens from...
More ...

Who Are You?
     Editor,
More ...

Outraged Over Unconscionable Paving Decision
Dear Brian,

     I read with interest the story that on September 12, 2001 the Philipstown Town Board "quietly approved" funding to widen and pave East Mountain Road North. This was the first I’d learned of this unfortunate act by the Board and I must say I was at once saddened, surprised, and outraged ove...
More ...

Says Majority Of Residents Want E. Mtn. Rd. N. To Remain Unpaved
     (printed at the request of the author)
More ...

PDRA Objects To Paving Road
(Reprinted at the request of the author)
To Bill Mazzucca and all the members of the Town Board of Philipstown, NY,

     I am writing in my capacity as president of the Philipstown Dirt Road Association (PDRA) and on behalf of all the people whom we represent. We strongly object to the decision made on September 12 to pave East Mountain Road North.
More ...


Click ads below
for larger version













System and Method for Display
Ads have a Patent Pending.
Click Here for More Information