BY DICK RESCH Has America tamed the health-cost monster? The data seem to indicate as much. Health spending has grown by about 4 percent annually over the past four years — the lowest rate in half a century. But our apparent victory may be short-lived. Researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation estimate that the recession […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – After an occasionally heated debate, a divided legislature voted on an 11th hour bill requiring the county to be charged back for $1.6 million in community college costs for the year of 2012, removing the obligation from the towns for that year. The resolution, which passed by a vote […]
Sports columnist Marc Maturo’s official column Chargers brace for another playoff run in soccer The Dominican College men’s soccer team, coming off a tough 2-2 deadlock against nationally ranked Mercy College of Dobbs Ferry, again appears headed for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) playoffs. The Orangeburg-based Chargers, now 4-4-1, are the defending CACC champs, […]
To the Rockland community, My name is Steve Gold, and I’m writing as a former officer and member of many Rockland County Jewish organizations board of directors on behalf of Ed Day. Ed is dear friend of mine and a lifelong friend of Israel and the Jewish community, particularly here in Rockland. When politicians have […]