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Jim Harrison May 14, 2013 at 03:21 pm
I agree 100%. I was there as well last Sat. and brought my high school age daughter. Most of her…Read More White Plains High School friends were there with their families. It was a great day for everyone.
Deirdre Curran May 14, 2013 at 01:22 pm
Rob Astorino claims "Families don't go to Playland anymore." But when I was there on a…Read More rainy cold opening day on Saturday, I was SURROUNDED by nothing but families - even HIS family was there. They all came out in the lousy weather to have a good time. Parents and kids and grandparents and every combo of aunt uncle cousin etc. you could imagine, all different colors, ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, many different languages being spoken, everyone happy to see the place open again, getting along, smiling, having a good time. I think I was about the only person there who *wasn't* with kids. Families families families. But...don't you know...families don't go to Playland anymore? People love Playland. They want to see it brought back to life as a vibrant amusement park, not dismantled for a grassy field and indoor sports facility.
Laura Harrison May 14, 2013 at 12:42 am
You must be the only person in Westchester that doesn't have wonderful feelings/memories about…Read More Playland. It is so sad.
Gary Larcenaire March 29, 2013 at 03:54 am
Can not wait to go check out the lego land here. I once went to the one in Denmark and it was…Read More awesome.
Carol Silverman March 28, 2013 at 04:15 pm
After 2 local hospital births, I 'discovered' the possibility and availability of a homebirth. It…Read More was one of those 'of course, of course' moments: no drugs, no episiotomy, no unnecessary obstetrical intervention, no diseases to be exposed to in the hospital setting. On December 7, 1980, I gave birth to my 3rd child, at home in Scarsdale. It was, by far, the best for me and my family!
Nicole Scarmeas May 9, 2013 at 03:37 pm
In response to Frank Vecchione, Animal Rights is one of the most important issues our country &…Read More our world faces. The EU banned seal fur trade, yet still, every year, the Canadian Government permits neanderthal-like men to crush cute Baby Seal Pup skulls with baseball bats. Even though it's not profitable, it happens. In South Dakota, the law can't charge you with a felony for being cruel & malicious to your pets. The pig "processors" pull the pig's teeth out with pliers weeks before the slaughter so they can't chew through the wire, Egg-laying hens are starved to manipulate the laying cycle & their beaks are broken off. In China, they skin animals alive.
Some people may not think those things are important because it's not happening to them, but it IS happening to a sentient, conscious, mind-of-a-5-year-old-human being.with emotions and pain sensory & it's important that that's discussed, as unpleasant as it is.
People talk about how graphic PETA is, but how is that different than the nightly news showing images of war and/or genocide?
Nicole Scarmeas May 9, 2013 at 03:34 pm
Kim, I'd like to say thank you to you for volunteering your time at the New Rochelle Humane Society.…Read More They very much do important work there, and it must be incredibly hard to work there, seeing all those innocent, precious animals every day that just need a loving home. It must be so tempting to bring all the animals home.
Thank you to Michael Woyton & Patch for consistently reporting on these animals. They need our awareness & help. I can't believe that people still move without their pets, or get rid of them because someone is "allergic."
Kim April 30, 2013 at 02:36 pm
Seriously? A bonus? For what? Leaving thousands without power, cold, in the dark, food rotting in…Read More our refrigerators, living like we are in a third world country? Rep. Engel's suggestion is spot on. Let these guys from Con-ed announce their bonuses at a town hall meeting and explain to their customers exactly WHY they deserve a bonus.
J H April 29, 2013 at 05:14 pm
Looking forward to another great season!! Controversies aside, this stadium is far and away one of…Read More the best things to happen in Rockland in a long, long time. Go check it out - a great time for any age, at a reasonable price, in a beautiful facility! I hope they have the summer concerts again too!
Toni Butterscotch Dozier April 27, 2013 at 03:46 pm
I was one of the people that attended a brunch on Sunday at the Hilton
I have been sick for 6 days.
Nummy April 27, 2013 at 03:24 am
Here we go!.... the blame for all this is going to be Hen Island!.... any bets
Leslie Yager April 23, 2013 at 06:51 pm
My #1 criteria for a dog is laid back. Seriously. Dumpling is just precious.
mstrace April 16, 2013 at 11:21 pm
I wish people were this interested in the MEGARINKS being proposed by SL Greene at Reckson Executive…Read More Park in Rye Brook. They are trying to destroy our community. They only care about their bottom line and do not care about the Village or its resident's safety.
http://rye.patch.com/articles/letter-to-the-editor-why-king-street-is-the-wrong-spot-for-ice-rink
http://rye.patch.com/blog_posts/ice-rink-economic-engine
tedc April 13, 2013 at 09:20 pm
And where is the independent AUDIT of Playland long requested by the legislature? Where?
tedc April 13, 2013 at 09:18 pm
I watched the whole Astorino press conference video on www.lausdeo10580.com and he said a "ride…Read More plan" was due from SPI in the near future. This I believe will be the 1st and only SPI official plan showing what EXACTLY is staying and going. Wouldn't iit be nice if this had been released in - October 2012?
KerriAnn Hofer April 8, 2013 at 09:45 pm
what a face! and this proves that you can adopt purebred dogs (if that's what you're looking for)…Read More at a shelter. if you've got a lot of room in your heart and home, stop by to meet Mackenzie :)
cleanpants April 26, 2013 at 02:05 pm
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smellypants should go to Asbury Park or Coney Island and live there and let the majority…Read More rule. Playland should be improved, not destroyed. Obviously smellypants has her (or his) nose up in the air as the comments are written. Why does hardly anyone else who has posted here disagree with smellypants?
Deirdre Curran April 9, 2013 at 03:32 am
TedC - as per the first sentence of your comment above...welcome to my world.
tedc April 8, 2013 at 03:19 pm
After initially backing Sustainable Playland I've become increasingly uncomfortable in how…Read More they’ve conducted themselves in the run-up to this announcement. And Mr. Astorino is very foolish in associating his career with Pataki Machine Apparatchik Kevin Plunkett – who was the City of Rye’s head lawyer for years and as of today has yet to be deposed under oath about the expanding Rye Golf Club Scandal.
Per Current Rye City Manager Scott Pickup:
Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett Vetted Agency That Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from City of Rye.
http://www.lausdeo10580.com/lausdeo10580/2013/04/rye-city-mngr-says-westchester-deputy-county-executive-kevin-plunkett-vetted-agency-that-stole-hundr.html
So is Mr. Pickup lying (again), or has he just fingered one of Rye’s former top fiduciaries in apparent malpractice - or even worse?
(Our local Schubert’s Pond depositions and subpoena recovered stolen City of Rye documents may actually come in handy very soon.)
Dan Williams April 7, 2013 at 06:10 pm
I fail to see how the demolition of 33% of the present amusement park footprint, with the…Read More elimination of the vast majority of the rides that do not exist in the kiddieland portion, will somehow make the amusement park profitable. Replacing those rides with a great lawn truly does not make economic sense. If it did, more amusement parks would eliminate their rides and replace it with green space, wouldn't they? I assume that SPI's plan is to have the revenue loss, due to the planned decrease in attendance at the amusement park (the elimination of 2/3 of the parking lot attests to this), made up for by the revenue from their field house fees and ice casino which will run year round. My fear is that as the amusement park loses more and more revenue, those in control will decide that the amusement park portion must close as it slides further and further into the red. Is SPI or Astorino going to guarantee that they will continue to keep the amusements open even if revenue declines? I would like to hear. I understand that there are those who would like to see the amusement park close, but I believe those are in the minority. Many of SPI's ideas, such as the field house and ballfields, could be achieved without the elimination of the rides being replaced with a lawn. I sincerely hope that this is not a two step process in the elimination of Playland. My children love the rides.
Tom Murphy April 6, 2013 at 08:34 pm
Do the County public golf courses make money? Should I have to pay taxes to support divot diggers?…Read More How many hundreds of acres are devoted to ruining good walks? Since when is a park supposed to make a profit? The sad part is so many people buy into the nonsense that "government should be run like businesses". Businesses can close when they aren't profitable. Does the fire department make a profit? It is absurd.
Leslie Yager March 26, 2013 at 12:32 pm
Is it just me or does Jiminy Cricket look like a TV star. A cross between Eddie on Frazier and Petey…Read More from Little Rascals... Star Quality!
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