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Jason Molinet (Editor) May 9, 2013 at 12:06 pm
I would too. Most police / criminal matters don't translate so easily. They can play out over many…Read More months or years before there's a resolution. Hence no follow-up one week later. You want follows to things that don't happen overnight.
FYI May 9, 2013 at 10:58 am
And herein lies the problem. No followup, even to the response to your request....
FYI May 3, 2013 at 01:21 am
Wow, there are so many. I written numerous times about follow-ups to the chase of a drunken man on…Read More Larkfireld Rd who was riding a scooter, collided with a police car and was arrested and hospitalized. ANother story would be the family charged with animal abuse for having their greyhound? run away when frightened during a storm. It would be great to see folllow ups.
Allie's Grandpa April 21, 2013 at 11:23 pm
You know, that's a good question. There used to be significant coverage of Elwood school district…Read More events, and a fair amount of coverage of Elwood community issues, but that has been absent for several months. I find Leah Bush's response really disappointing, and it makes me question whether Patch is any longer a source of journalism, which it certainly seemed in its early days, or if it is now an internet substitute for a soap opera, usually written by community amateurs with a very few bits done by professional writers. Oh, but the ads are sure nice and clear; but ads without appropriate content are worse than infomercials, so why bother reading them.
vera charles April 18, 2013 at 04:56 pm
Very sad; Patch used to have real value for Elwood residents, but no longer. Add that to the…Read More terrible changes in format on the Patch site, and it seems a lost cause.
Leah Bush (Editor) April 17, 2013 at 05:49 pm
Hi Rob, the Suffolk police say it was a domestic issue. They don't give us additional information on…Read More those.
Ann Darcy April 16, 2013 at 02:10 am
Hello Rabbi Huberman, Usually I give up TMZ for Lent, but then go back to it as it can be amusing…Read More at times. I don't even know who they are talking about, for example:. Ashley Tisdale.(?) Anyway, calling somebody a "rising nobody" is funny for a second but basically its just snark, or as you call it "dreque". You inspired me to give it up completely, forever. Thank you. Ann
P Shoshanamarie O'Hare April 14, 2013 at 04:09 pm
Ps: it also helps disabled girls have more confidence in themselves ..
P Shoshanamarie O'Hare April 14, 2013 at 04:08 pm
That is not true. Pageants open a door for girls/woman to speak out and help out. There are many…Read More different types of pageants to chose from. Not all are about beauty alone.
Miss Long Island 1997
Also a Lupus and domestic violence Survivor
Jen Thomas April 13, 2013 at 12:02 am
We should be teaching our daughters to love and respect themselves and pageants do not do that.…Read More Feel like a queen? How about a judge or an architect? As the mother of a disabled daughter, I am appalled by this.
Gigi Bowman April 11, 2013 at 07:18 pm
Florida Senate Passes Anti-Drone Surveillance Legislation…Read More
http://spreadlibertynews.com/florida-senate-passes-anti-drone-surveillance-legislation/
Ann Darcy April 10, 2013 at 10:28 pm
We have given up our rights voluntarily with cell phones ( aka personal tracking devices), which…Read More are actually short wave radios with no legal guarantee of privacy.Our shopping can be traced with credit/debit cards and where we drive can be monitored with GPS and EZ pass. Some things we DO have control over. Ann Rita Darcy
JustAnotherOne May 21, 2013 at 02:17 pm
I followed the directions but it says “coming soon!!!”. Perhaps it’s starting June…Read More 1 not May 1.
Rabbi Irwin Huberman April 10, 2013 at 02:37 pm
Interesting article. It reinforces the point of the blog which stresses the importance of ensuring…Read More that animal rights, labor laws and environmental respected when we slaughter and prepare our food. It's also interesting to note that the Noahide law of respecting animal rights appears in the Torah many generations before the laws of Kashrut.
Rabbi Irwin Huberman April 10, 2013 at 02:34 pm
The simple answer to your question is "the Bible says so." Leviticus 11:21 notes "you…Read More may eat all the winged swarmy things that will walk on all fours; all that have above their feet jointed legs to leap with on the ground" This includes bald locust, crickets and all varieties of grasshoppers.
As "counter intuitive" as this may appear to us living in the United States, especially during times of famine it was important set boundaries with regard to what people could consume. After all, Kosher actually means "fit" to eat. Although the Bible is vague on why it distinguishes between different types of insects, I am guessing that the law seeks to divide insects which spend all their time walking in the earth and dust, and those who were able to jump or fly.
It is interesting to note that last month, just prior to Passover, a rare infestation of locust occurred in the Middle East. The attached link documents the "invasion" and notes that this set off a fad of locust eating in various many countries.
http://news.yahoo.com/bible-comes-life-locusts-swarm-israel-190310435.html
Consuming locust may seem odd to us, but based on some of the fast foods or other items which we consume on the fly in North America, who are we to judge?
Thank you for the question.
Micah Danney (Editor) April 10, 2013 at 01:49 pm
Thanks for this article. There was a NYT op-ed on the subject of animal treatment published Monday:…Read More http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/opinion/open-the-slaughterhouses.html?_r=1&. Could how we treat "food animals," maybe the most rights-deprived sentient members of our society, relate to our sense of compassion, or lack of it, in other arenas?
Mariane Campbell April 8, 2013 at 12:24 pm
No one should every turn their backs if they see or suspect animal abuse. Animal abuse is one step…Read More away from child abuse or elderly abuse.
Steve April 8, 2013 at 05:10 am
I guess I was a month to early- I call SPCA last month to report a case of animal
cruelty and…Read More nothing seems to have been done about it- my tenants dog is woefully underweight (you can see his ribs) and looks like she hasn't had is nails cut in a year
I gave them all the information they asked but when I called back later(twice) I was told that whoever was in charge of the case would get in touch with me(which he never did- leaving a message on my phone with no call back number isn't my idea of getting back to someone) I've still been feeding the poor thing when I can but the tenant is being evicted at the end of this month and I fear he's going to get rid of the dog
Right Here May 21, 2013 at 10:48 am
Maybe because once in the system, they see each additional baby as an additional check with more…Read More benefits?
Ann Darcy April 6, 2013 at 01:13 am
Hello Mary Ann, Thank you for your thoughtful reply, and for the sacrifices of Maria and Isabella.…Read More The rally could have used more speakers with a personal connection, I agree. I know a quilt has been made with many names and some pictures, I hope your ancestors are on it. God rest their souls. A.R.D.
Mary Ann Lauletti Hacker April 5, 2013 at 07:14 pm
Ann Rita Darcy
I was also at that 100th Anniversary Commemoration. My Great Grandmother Maria…Read More Giuseppa Lauletta and her sister , my great great Aunt, Isabella Tortorelli both died in the fire. Maria was one of the six that could not be identified, Isabella jump from the building. It was the first time I had ever attended but I had worked long and hard to get my Great Grandmother recognized as one who died!
I was however taken aback by all the unions that had taken over. It seemed more like a rally than a memorial. But I was there and that was the most important thing for me!
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