By Michael Riconda New City – In a significant change from last year’s packed and occasionally tense hearings, only a handful of people turned out for a series of public hearings on Rockland County’s 2014 budget on November 19. In total, three hearings were held, with speakers’ arguments covering multiple points across all three topics. […]
BY JOHN MALONEY, The Spectator Well, it looks like Obamacare has gone to the emergency room for treatment and perhaps down the drain. That’s bad for a lot of people…The Yanks had a terrible season and that wasn’t good…The football Giants need a miracle to make the play-offs and that isn’t good…The Social Security increase […]
Pomona, NY – The Rockland County Department of Health advises residents that flu activity is expected to increase in the coming weeks. “There already have been a few cases of the flu reported in Rockland County. We advise residents to get your flu vaccine – it is the first and most important step in protecting […]
The New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Citizenship Education and the New York Bar Foundation, in conjunction with the Rockland County Bar Association/Law-Related Education Program, are pleased to announce that New York’s Annual High School Mock Trial Tournament for senior high school students (grades 9-12) will be held this winter. General coordination of the […]
Conservative and Republican nominee for the 2013 Stony Point supervisor election, Dylan Skriloff, celebrated his first foray into electoral politics with a Taco Truck party on Saturday, November 9. Though he lost his race, all were in good spirits at the event, which Skriloff said was also a “thank you” for the approximately 1,500 votes […]
Republicans may attempt to curb presidential powers Republicans have long been critical of Obama, referring to many of his actions as abuses of power, but now they may act to regain some control over government functions. Republicans are starting to push back against executive actions which conservatives characterize as means to bypass constitutionally-mandated work across […]