A nearly three-year impasse on a police contract has been settled in arbitration between the Town of Haverstraw and its police union. The police will receive retroactive biannual 1.25 percent salary increases dating back to July 1, 2011. The town saves some money in the deal, as the arbitrators gave police no raise between January […]
BY DERRYCK GREEN To say the ObamaCare rollout has been difficult for President Obama is an understatement. It is the epitome of a disaster. Obama has been in damage-control mode since October 1. The release of his signature legislation, the misnamed Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), has been disastrous. Bureaucratic incompetence is on full display as […]
Rockland Community Foundation creates a new fund honoring board member who dedicated himself to charitable service in Rockland County In September a legendary Rockland County philanthropist, Jeffrey Keahon, passed away after years of battling cancer. He was honored in a memorial service last week. Consequently, the Rockland Community Foundation has announced the creation of a […]
To the Editor, Instead of throwing away $225M in taxpayer money, Cuomo could save a couple thousand jobs at Remington, Savage and other arms makers at no cost to the taxpayer by ridding us of the SAFE Act. Pennsylvania created 232,000 new jobs at $60,000 a year plus, small communities and counties in Northern Pennsylvania […]
BY DIANE DIMOND In this time of economic strain, anyone who doesn’t look at ways to cut his or her personal or business budget is just not being responsible. Same goes for the justice system. For nearly two decades, lawyers working with death row inmates have spent countless hours, court time and multiple tens of […]
PSA from CPD As the holiday season approaches, we are seeing an increase in larcenies from motor vehicles in our Commercial District along the Route 59 Corridor. Most of these larcenies have occurred during the evening whereby the perpetrator(s) smashes a window to gain access to the vehicle. This week larcenies have occurred in the […]