BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA On Wednesday, September 18, Rockland County held its third annual Hunger Summit at the Pearl River Hilton, with the hopes of further addressing the growing issues with hunger throughout the county and the rest of the nation. This is one of several events taking place during Rockland’s Hunger Action Month. The Hunger […]
Jasmin and Desmaret to lose pension benefits If federal prosecutors have their way, Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and former Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret may be stripped of their government pensions. Prosecutors moved to take the benefits if they are convicted on corruption charges. Jasmin and Desmaret were targeted for taking bribes from Moses “Mark” Stern, […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Traffic was backed up on South Mountain Road last Friday afternoon as production vehicles and crew members descended upon the area to shoot scenes for an upcoming season two episode of the Fox drama “The Following.” The show stars Kevin Bacon as an FBI agent tracking a serial killer played by co-star James […]
To the Editor, I am a private citizen who happens to be very concerned about United Water’s proposed Desalination Plant on the Haverstraw Bay. Suffice it to say, I will not go into all of the reasons I am against this plant, as my opinions are the same as many environmental groups such as the […]
BY SALLY C. PIPES United States Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently said “that if you want a healthier population, looking at the opportunity to expand Medicaid has got to be a piece of the puzzle.” Expansion of Medicaid — the jointly run federal-state health plan for low-income Americans — has long been […]
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 […]