Our Family Court Fiasco

BY DIANE DIMOND We, in America, like to say that what happens behind closed doors is nobody else’s business. But what if what happens between consenting adults results in the rest of us having to pay out billions of dollars when things go wrong? It is happening year after year. Taxpayers are footing the bill […]

Lift Health Reform’s Deductible Cap

BY JANET TRAUTWEIN The Obama Administration recently announced that it would delay until 2015 the health reform law’s “employer mandate,” which will require all companies with at least 50 full-time employees to offer health insurance or pay a fine. The delay represents a big help to large firms. Now it’s time for the administration to […]

Orangetown Elections Begin Early; GOP charges Supervisor Andy Stewart with e-mail misuse

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Campaigning for this fall’s election in Orangetown got off to a roaring startTuesday when Republican supervisor candidate Walter Wettje accused incumbent Democratic Supervisor Andrew Stewart of misusing town e-mail lists to solicit support for his private campaign events including a golf tournament and a barbeque. Stewart, a first […]

PUDDIN DON’T

PUDDIN DON’T

Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.

TIMELINES 8/17

Hillcrest Elementary lease temporarily OK until East Ramapo court date Justice Thomas J. McNamara granted a stay for the East Ramapo School District on August 7, allowing it to continue renting the former Hillcrest Elementary School to Congregation Avir Yakov of New Square. The stay will allow East Ramapo to continue collecting lease payments from […]

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