BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE Last week, we reported in this paper that Ramapo Central’s proposed $128.58 million budget will, if passed, raise taxes by 2.86 percent, a good deal higher than Governor Cuomo’s 2 percent tax cap that was supposed to apply to all local taxing bodies. Supposedly the .86 percent excess is justified […]
BY JAMIE KEMPTON A pro football player, national-champion wrestler, Olympic official and near-Olympian soccer player headline this year’s class of inductees in the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame. The 39th annual induction dinner is set for Sunday, April 29, starting 5 p.m., at the Pearl River Elks Club in Nanuet. The roster of inductees […]
The 14th Annual YouthFest to be held on Sunday, March 11, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Rockland Community College, offers fun and information for the whole family. YouthFest highlights include: Big Apple Circus performances at 12 noon and 2 p.m.; Nyack Hospitals Teddy Bear Hospital; Inflatable Party Adventures and the Sesame Street themed […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL A Pomona man was killed in the parking lot of Shoprite Plaza in Garnerville on Sunday, police said. According to police, the man Leonardo Alvarez, 76, of Pomona was struck and killed by an SUV on Sunday afternoon while exiting the store. Alvarez was taken to Nyack hospital where he was pronounced […]
The allegedly terrorist-connected “Council on American-Islamic Relations,” has a peculiar influence over the mainstream media in this nation, including the Associated Press and some local and regional daily newspapers, says Rep. Peter King (R) of Long Island. King held a rally outside One Police Plaza in New York City to criticize “left-wing rumormongers” in the […]
Following Vladimir Putin’s election victory returning him to the presidency of Russia after a stint as prime minister, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered the Russian politician a public congratulations. Ahmadinejad’s own fate is unknown however as recent parliamentary elections in Iran have transferred power to Iran’s Supreme Leader the Ayatollah Ali Khomeini and away from […]