By Bill Demarest Massive firefighting effort gets sprawling blaze under control ORANGEBURG – The brush fire that has torn through the slopes of Clausland Mountain since Thursday afternoon is expected to continue to burn over the weekend, but fire officials say that a massive firefighting effort involving more than 150 volunteers has the blaze under […]
Each year, through different venues, the Rockland County Department of Social Services’ (DSS) Children’s Services Unit acknowledges and shows its appreciation to the selfless families who have opened their home and adopted their foster child(ren). This year, for the second year in a row, staff is joining with local Wendy’s franchisees to celebrate National Adoption […]
BY DIANE DIMOND So, George Orwell was off by 29 years. In 1949, Orwell’s masterpiece novel, “1984,” wove a tale about a fictitious shadowy world in which government surveillance was ubiquitous, public mind control was an open secret and independent thinking was labeled and prosecuted as a “thought crime.” The tyrant in control was the mysterious being called Big […]
Large areas still in danger; north side of fire still out of control BY BILL DEMAREST ORANGEBURG – While Rockland County volunteer firefighters have made some progress, they are still waging a full-scale battle against a wildfire that has engulfed a large area of Clausland Mountain and has sent smoke pouring across the Hudson River […]
ALBANY, NY… NYGOP Chair Ed Cox today released the following open letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo: Dear Governor Cuomo, Yesterday, you stated that you intend to make a decision on New York’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing before Election Day. This is a decision you should have made on Day One of your administration. It’s a […]
FROM ED DAY County Executive-Elect Ed Day has released the following statement regarding Governor Cuomo’s approval of the bill authorizing early delivery of lottery monies to the East Ramapo Central School District: “Though I am glad to see East Ramapo get this much-needed aid at no taxpayer expense, I am most heartened by the requirement […]