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Gerald McKinstry has been a staff writer for The Journal News in Rockland since December 2004. He covers Orangetown, including the villages of Nyack, South Nyack, Grand View and Piermont, and the hamlets of Blauvelt, Orangeburg, Palisades, Pearl River and Tappan. Before that, he was an editor with The Standard Star and Review Press, two weekly newspapers affiliated with The Journal News in southern Westchester. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at Iona College. McKinstry grew up in a hilly place called Yonkers, “a city,� as the saying goes, “where nothing is on the level.� He is married and has a daughter.
E-mail Gerald McKinstry at gmckinst@lohud.com
Tony Sayegh, a former Tuckahoe trustee and deputy mayor, yesterday announced that he is running for the Eastchester Town Board.
Sayegh made the announcement at Ciao Restaurant after stops at a senior center in Tuckahoe and Veterans of Foreign War Post in Eastchester, he said.
In his announcement, Sayegh pledged “to run a positive, respectful, solutions [...]
Former Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee will again be talking politics and his vision for America — while promoting his book, “From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STOPS to Restoring America’s Greatness” — when he speaks at Iona College later this month.
It’s no joke — the former Arkansas governor is the guest speaker at [...]
This just in: The state Assembly today passed legislation that would allow New Rochelle to collect a room occupancy tax.
Slated at 3 percent, it is expected to raise anywhere from $200,000 — $300,000 for the Queen City of the Sound.
â€Å“It’s a revenue builder for New Rochelle that doesn’t cost (local) taxpayers,â€? Assemblyman George Latimer, D-Rye, [...]
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