BY MICHAEL RICONDA Brooklyn – Child sexual abuse is an unfortunate and tragic occurrence in any community, but adding insult to injury by purposely ostracizing a child’s family almost seems too cruel to comprehend. Still, for reporting sexual abuse of children, Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish families, also known as Haredi or ritually observant, often report […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Nanuet – Current 9th District State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Angiollilo announced his re-election campaign during an interview with the Rockland County Times, campaigning for what he hopes will be another successful win in a long history on the bench. Angiolillo explained he has held his current position for a 14-year term […]
If Only the Government was as good at managing the country as it was at acronyms. The government’s ability to come up with impossibly clever acronyms is truly second to none. For example, did you know the new economic development initiative Start Up New York (SUNY) is purposely given those initials because it proposes tax-free […]
BY DONALD R. SIEGEL Prophets still walk the avenues of yesterday guiding the tourists through hidden passages under the Western Wall to Solomon’s treasures and the freshest water in Herod’s pool. Even though it is warm a cold swear envelops me as I walk in their footsteps. I can feel the energy of David the […]
Following news that the Rockland County Conservative Party is running a candidate for county executive instead of endorsing GOPer Ed Day, the leader of the Rockland County Conservative Party opposition faction, Sam Naemit, announced he is supporting another man, Simon Leschinsky, for the position. Simon Leschinsky, a member of the Conservative Party, businessman and former […]
40 local artists included in children’s CD BY GEORGE J. DACRE Jeffrey Freidberg’s popular Bossy Frog Band, which plays about 200 shows a year to children’s audiences in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, will be having an album release party featuring over 40 area musicians next month. Friedberh, a musical therapist, said his new […]