Hot Arab summer continues BY MATT SHI JULY 9, 2013 – The recent shift in Egyptian media is in the favor of the military. Egypt’s state news organizations, as well as many independent news stations, now fully support Adly Mansour, the interim president whom the army instated last week. TV channels that maintained support of […]
To the Editor, (July 5, 2013) – Light a candle: June was the one-year anniversary of the first request for an Issues Conference to resolve outstanding questions about United Water’s proposed Haverstraw Water Supply Project, a desalination plant to convert Hudson River water to drinking water. Since that first request was formally made to New […]
Nanuet Hebrew Center has been named Chapter of the Year by the Metropolitan New York Region of USY (United Synagogue Youth). The Metro NY Region (“METNY”) consists of Rockland, Westchester, Orange, Nassau and Suffolk counties as well as the five boroughs of New York City. This annual award is bestowed upon the USY chapter that […]
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 […]