PRESS RELEASE Golfers from around Rockland turned out in force for Ed Day’s 2nd Annual Golf Outing at the Blue Hill Golf Course in Pearl River. The 100 golfers, joined by an additional 20 for a post-outing lunch, enjoyed the weather and a great start to this year’s golf season at one of the best places for […]
To the Editor, Many elected officials in Rockland County must think that holding public office is like playing baseball. In other words, an elected official gets three strikes before they are “out” of public office. That must never be the case. Take the case of Haverstraw Village Trustee Thomas Watson. About one year ago Trustee […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA During his several runs from office in the Village of Suffern, former Mayor Dagan LaCorte gained himself the reputation of being something of a hothead. But one instance he might regret more than others. Though nobody but LaCorte knows exactly what happened at some point late during the 2009 campaign, LaCorte got […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson (D) set off a firestorm of controversy when he and the predominantly Democratic New Rochelle City Council voted to remove a Gadsden flag from a local veterans buildings, citing its supposed partisan connotations, and suggesting it was too divisive for public use. The flag, the original battleflag […]
NBA basketball player Jason Collins announced in a Sports Illustrated cover story this week that he’s a member of the LGBT community. Although statistical probability indicates there are several dozen gay athletes in United States major team sports leagues, Collins is the first to make it known to the world. It took the 34-year-old third […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – “Harvest of Empire,” described as the untold story of Latinos in America, a movie, to be shown May 23 at 8 p.m. at Shades Repertory Theatre in Haverstraw. Presented by Wendy Thompson Marquez-Eduardo Lopez with a panel discussion following the screening. Information at 845-675-8944 or shadesrep.org. – “The Sound of […]