May 2011
116 posts
Opinion Roundup: Midwestern tornadoes, Police and... →
WatchLeather Man’s mystery endures after Ossining exhumation
WatchRabbi’s follower clashes with family of Aron Rottenberg, victim of New Square attack
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“Bob Dylan is 70 today. To celebrate, he plans to webble dab to EHHHHvree dabbee.”
– Me, wondering if this thing is on. (via serico)
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Editorial Board Poll: Tax-cap compromise
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democrats in the state Assembly have reached an agreement on legislation that would cap annual property-tax increases at 2 percent. The Assembly plan, which Cuomo endorsed on an Albany radio program Tuesday morning, exempts pension payments that grow more than 2 percent a year. Another exemption allows school districts and local governments to exceed the 2 percent cap in the...
Opinion Roundup: East Ramapo’s schools and... →
“By far the most vivid recollection of Tyler, not to mention the funniest, came...”
– Phil Reisman, More for the Steven Tyler Archive | The Journal News | LoHud.com
Opinion Roundup: Kendra’s Law, I-287, tax caps and... →
Google Shuts Down Newspaper Archive Project
futurejournalismproject:
Google shut down its service to scan, archive and make searchable newspapers’ pre-Internet archives.
According to the Boston Phoenix:
News Archive was generally a good deal for newspapers — especially smaller ones like ours, who couldn’t afford the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars it would have cost to digitally scan and index our archives — and a decent...
Opinion Roundup: John King Jr., Haitians and... →
“It was clear early on that County Executive Astorino and Chairman Jenkins...”
– Phil Reisman: Westchester’s playpen politics | The Journal News | LoHud
Opinion Roundup: School-budget vote | Opinion... →
Opinion Roundup: Mississippi River flooding,... →
