Other issues: School Bond vote scheduled for November 19; CHPE EIS hearing set for November 18; NY Rising meeting set for November 20 and Supervisor Finn assails alleged incompetence of Joe Abate’s replacement in county government BY CHERYL SLAVIN After several weeks of deliberations and public hearings, the Stony Point Town Board passed the Town’s […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN My tongue is tied to my brain through the back door. I stoop and news pours through my nose and ears and is lost. Poetry is not news yet deals with rumors of the heart, I must learn to rage and spout through a whale-wide mouth. I must ignore the givens and […]
I want you to be my client, but do you need me? BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services As an Investment Consultant I look to bring new clients to our firm in order to help them manage their portfolios and reach their investment goals. Whether I’m writing this column, speaking at a […]
By Bill Demarest Massive firefighting effort gets sprawling blaze under control ORANGEBURG – The brush fire that has torn through the slopes of Clausland Mountain since Thursday afternoon is expected to continue to burn over the weekend, but fire officials say that a massive firefighting effort involving more than 150 volunteers has the blaze under […]
Each year, through different venues, the Rockland County Department of Social Services’ (DSS) Children’s Services Unit acknowledges and shows its appreciation to the selfless families who have opened their home and adopted their foster child(ren). This year, for the second year in a row, staff is joining with local Wendy’s franchisees to celebrate National Adoption […]
BY DIANE DIMOND So, George Orwell was off by 29 years. In 1949, Orwell’s masterpiece novel, “1984,” wove a tale about a fictitious shadowy world in which government surveillance was ubiquitous, public mind control was an open secret and independent thinking was labeled and prosecuted as a “thought crime.” The tyrant in control was the mysterious being called Big […]