COMMUNITY VIEW: Singin’ the Gromack Blues Amy Durbin Vice president, Clarkstown Taxpayers At the Clarkstown Town Board Meeting on June 4, 2013, I had to walk out before the frustration I felt made my head explode. While cooling off outside, I met a woman who was walking out of the building shaking her head. She […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Nyack – The Nyack Chamber of Commerce held a special After Hours meeting on Tuesday to announce and describe new additions and expansions it plans to make to its emergency room. The new layout will expand the hospital’s floor space by 8300 square feet. The new project will include both an expanded […]
The Ramapo Town Board was expected Wednesday night to pass a resolution sponsored by Councilman Daniel Friedman, which could help lead to lower pension contributions for local governments – a major state mandate – in the upcoming year. The New York State Comptroller determines the amount that local governments need to contribute toward the state’s […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The recently-released report for the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office’s 2012 year revealed the office oversaw significantly higher conviction rates over the course of last year, among other figures. The conviction rate was announced to be 95.5 percent, with 574 convictions in Rockland County Court creating a slight 0.87 […]
Suffern Commons residents face eviction in late June Residents of the three-story Suffern Commons apartment complex on Chestnut Street are worried they will be kicked out to make room for new buyers, according to the Journal News. The potential purchase came to light on May 23, when eviction notices were handed out to residents of the […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With all the action set in the writer’s room at NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, “Laughter On the 23rd Floor” is a great recounting by Simon of the infancy of television and the involvement and the lifestyles of the comedy writers who gathered together weekly to turn out the jokes, spins […]