BY GIANNA VOLPE Governor Andrew Cuomo made a stop at SUNY Rockland Wednesday afternoon to discuss property tax reform as part of a recent tour to tout his record as a governor whose punctually proposed executive budgets reflect the “lowest spending rate in 50 years.” Property taxes represent a $50 billion piece of 2014’s $137 […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE About 80 people attended the consecration last Saturday of the new fellowship addition and restructured Thiells United Methodist Church Thrift Shoppe and heard District Superintendent Reverend Wayne Plumstead say that if Sandy had not truck a tree that crashed into the roof of the Thrift Shoppe the new building might not […]
News from New York State Defenders Association On the 51st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Gideon v Wainwright, a growing community of counties is asking New York State to take over the funding and administration of public defense services. Urging that a statewide class action challenging New York ‘s public defense system […]
Juliette, a young, female Angora mix, was brought into Hi Tor Animal Care Center as a stray. From the moment she arrived, she seemed relaxed, realizing she was safe. She has been spayed, and is doing well with her litter box training. This sweet girl loves people, and will come to you for attention. She […]
The case against former Hillburn mayor and Ramapo Central School District administrator Brian Miele plods along, with an evidential hearing “imminent” according to prosecutors. Miele has been accused with just shy of 200 felonies for allegedly falsifying information while a school administrator. Prosecutors accuse Miele of routinely fudging documents to help teachers and district employees […]
BY DONNA LEE MIELE No Longer and Not Yet, by Joanna Clapps Herman, offers a collection of short stories about the city is at its best: a human place, teeming with unique souls that somehow, serendipitously, come together in community, spin apart, find one another again. The Upper West Side is a world full of […]