Poem of the Week: Congers Iron Rails

BY HARRY WAITZMAN I discover groves of sunlight in my white clapboard hamlet. The pale Victorian homes look as if they were peeled from picture postcards and pasted on tidy lawns. Garage doors open and Irish cops and fireman fly to the Bronx to put down flames and mayhem. I’m conned by rust railroad tracks […]

Annual Mosquito Control Treatment of Catch Basins and Storms Drains

PSA FROM THE HEALTH DEPT. Pomona – The Rockland County Department of Health has begun treatments of catch basins and storm drains this week to prevent mosquitoes from breeding and hatching in the standing water inside of these structures. Work will continue throughout the county into the first week of June. If you see staff […]

Celebrate Rowing on Rockland Lake Memorial Day Weekend

Looking for something different to do this Memorial Day weekend? How about watching rowing races on Rockland Lake or trying a hand at rowing yourself? This Saturday River Rowing Association will host its annual Directors’ Cup Regatta on Rockland Lake from 8-11 a.m., followed by awards, a picnic lunch, and from 1-4 p.m. FREE Learn-to-Row […]

The Final Frontiersmen

The Final Frontiersmen

BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Four years ago, J.J. Abrams sat in the captain’s chair as he rebooted the “Star Trek” film series, providing an action- and character-driven space epic to audiences both familiar and unfamiliar with Gene Roddenberry’s mythology. Having directed two films based on the franchise and being chosen to direct the next “Star Wars” […]

SENATE & ASSEMBLY PASS MEASURE TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR KILLING POLICE ANIMALS

Legislative Press Release by Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski The New York State Senate and Assembly passed legislation yesterday that increases penalties for killing a police dog or police horse while on the line of duty. The bill (S1079A) (A2596A), sponsored by Senator George D. Maziarz (R-C, Newfane) and Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski (D-New City), helps recognize the […]

CSEA Slams “Cuomonomics”

CSEA Slams “Cuomonomics” From Civil Service Employees Association CSEA President Danny Donohue is slamming a new proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would provide “yet another tax giveaway to business at the expense of local communities and middle class jobs.” The CSEA leader also expressed extreme concern that state legislative leaders seem ready to give […]