BY DIANE DIMOND Gentlemen, grab your wallets. Ladies, look in your billfold. See the spots there for credit cards and your driver’s license? I bet there’s room for one more card in there, right? I propose we fill it with a national ID card. Now, wait, before you decide I’m some sort of proponent for […]
BY SARA GILBERT The Preserve Ramapo group met Monday evening, July 2, at the Deerkill Day Camp to discuss their plan for a demonstration this coming Monday, July 9 outside Ramapo Town Hall. The goal, they say, is to protest the Ramapo Town Board’s intention to raise the tax cap above the 2 percent state […]
Anti-tobacco & big tobacco team up to deny inexpensive, roll-your-own cigarettes to consumers The lawmakers of America have done as both big tobacco and anti-tobacco (talk about strange bedfellows) demanded and banned citizens from purchasing machine-rolled tobacco cartons. The Tobacco Outlet(s) in Nanuet and West Haverstraw, as well as others in Rockland County, will no […]
Standard and Poor’s joined Moody’s Investors Service in dropping Rockland County’s credit rating level on Friday, June 29, putting the county at just above junk status. In May, Moody’s Investors Service dropped Rockland and made it their lowest-rated county in all of New York. Standard and Poor’s reps said they chose to make the move because […]
99th Assembly District (Stony Point and parts of Orange County) Stony Point residents need an Assembly representative who will be there for them, constantly attentive, in the community, and able to work alongside local elected officials to better meet their needs. I have been fortunate to meet so many Stony Point residents and I look […]
The Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame held its 39th Annual Induction Ceremony at the Pearl River Elks Club and continued its tradition of excellence by inducting seven outstanding athletes, coaches and officials. Marcel Cooper, Nyack High School 1988, was a State Champion Wrestler in the 126 lb. weight class and went on to become a two time Senior National Champion while serving […]