Letters to the editor (6/16/21)
Topics include: CleanSlate New York’s criminal justice legislation; Pandemic Memorial Day: Memorial Day 2021; Onteora Lake development; In defense of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; and more.
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Letters to the editor (6/9/21)
Topics include: Great writing by Erin Quinn; Kudos to Health Alliance Hospital; Being willing to learn something; In reference to a letter in the June 2 edition of Hudson Valley One; and more.
Letters to the editor (6/2/21)
Topics include: Choice to be unvaccinated; Please consider using a leash; An Open Letter to Chuck Schumer & Nancy Pelosi; Gardiner’s proposed dog kennel law needs rescuing; and more.
Letter: New Paltz traffic light is too long
A local fourth grader believes the light at Main and Chestnut is causing unnecessary delays, and has a proposal to fix the problem.
Letter: Forcing children to wear masks is unnecessary
“Forcing children to wear masks is unnecessary, unconscionable and abusive. Haven’t we inflicted enough damage on our children already? These draconian measures must stop. The children have no voice and no choice. But you and I do! The health and safety of our children is at stake. Please speak out to your local school boards and demand an end to this perverse and useless form of child abuse,” writes Eli Kassirer of New Paltz.
Letters to the editor (5/26/21)
Topics include: US always there to arm & fund Israeli war machine; Love your dog – keep it leashed; Only 5% of voters came out to approve Saugerties budget; Remembering Chip Brill; and more.
Letter: Why do we have lawns?
“Please stop the insanity,” writes a reader. “A 20-to-30-foot path of lawn around a house is more than enough. Give nature a chance. We are not the only species that matters.”
Letters to the editor (5/19/21)
Topics include: Ulster County not in business of protecting our natural world; Rush to judgment in ‘racist’ school assignment controversy; Ulster Immigrant Defense Network’s Takeout Project; Pass the Puppy Mill Pipeline bill; and more.
Letter: Rush to judgment in ‘racist’ school assignment controversy
“They probably don’t know the particulars of the teacher’s presentation of the subject matter nor the purpose or intention of the assignment,” writes a reader. “If that is indeed the case, then once again we are witnessing in the media an unhinging by the holier than thou crowd eager to present their bonafides.”
Letters to the editor (5/12/21)
Topics include: Debt schedule & federal assistance for New Paltz; Satisfying our energy needs; Poisoning our democracy; Recognize our school nurses; and more.