Todd Crawford
Retired North Carolina Engineer Handed Free Speech Victory in Ruling by Federal Judge
On Dec. 20, Chief Judge Richard Myers of North Carolina ruled that the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCBELS) violated the First Amendment rights of retired engineer, Wayne Nutt, who NCBELS...
Bipartisan Opposition Grows as Japan Seeks to Purchase Iconic U.S. Steel
On Dec. 19, three Republican senators along with a number of prominent Democrats, urged American authorities to block Japan’s Nippon Steel from acquiring the iconic U.S. Steel for $14.9 billion, citing national security concerns. Nippon...
NY: Lee Zeldin Teams Up With Arctix to Distribute $5 Million in Winter Clothing to the Homeless
Lee Zeldin, former Republican candidate for New York State Governor, recently announced the Dakota Project, which is a collaboration with clothing manufacturer Arctix to distribute $5 million worth of outerwear to the homeless. Zeldin, when...
Middletown’s Fire Department and the New Middletown Department Store Team Up to Bring Santa to Life
Throughout the month of December, Middletown residents have had the opportunity to visit with Santa Claus at Middletown’s newest department store, New Middletown. The New Middletown Department Store, which held its grand opening event on...
Accommodating Migrants a Concern for an Overwhelming Number of New Yorkers: Quinnipiac University poll
According to a Quinnipiac University poll, published on Dec. 6, 85 percent of voting New Yorkers are either very concerned or somewhat concerned that the city will be unable to accommodate the growing number of...
Support for Trump Grows as Biden’s Approval Drops, WSJ Survey Finds
If a presidential election were held today, the Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, would most likely walk away with the presidency, a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) poll has found. On a hypothetical ballot, with only...
Santa Claus Returns to Middletown’s Tompkins Building for the First Time in 40 Years
For the first time in 40 years, Santa Claus has returned to the Tompkins building, now home to Middletown, New York’s newest department store, New Middletown. Santa will be taking pictures, receiving Christmas wishes and...
Chinese Military Hackers Have Compromised Dozens of America’s Key Infrastructure Assets, WAPO
According to U.S. officials and cyber security experts, hackers with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have compromised dozens of key American infrastructure sites, including power, utility and communications assets, the Washington Post reported on Dec....
Homelessness, Filth Return to San Francisco’s Streets Following APEC Summit
Following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco in November this year, which prompted an unprecedented clean-up of the city’s streets, the homelessness, filth and crime is returning, much to the dismay of...
US Announces Global Nuclear Fusion Strategy at COP28
This week, at COP28 in Dubai, the White House announced that it is seeking to work with the international community to speed up efforts to develop nuclear fusion, a carbon-free energy source that would transform...
NY’s Abacus Federal Savings Bank Distributes $50,000 to Local Chinese Non-profits
On Nov. 24 the Abacus Federal Savings Bank announced that it would be distributing a total of $50,000 to ten local non-profit Chinese organizations following approval by the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York...
‘Timeless treasures await you’: New Middletown Department Store Celebrates Its Grand Opening
MIDDLETOWN, New York — On Nov. 30 the New Middletown department store, which held its grand opening event on Nov. 17, attracted a number of community leaders including the Mayor of Middletown, Joseph M. DeStefano,...