Clarkstown Board wants Congers Elementary students to vacate St. Augustine’s until their school reopens BY JANIE UHLMEYER Not a voice went unheard the evening of Thursday, March 13 as concerned parents, teachers, and students packed the auditorium of Felix Fiesta Middle School for the meeting of the Clarkstown Central School District Board. Residents’ main concern […]
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County has received a $1,000 Agency Hands in the Community Award from Allstate Insurance Agent David M. Brand, whose office is located at 39 Maple Avenue in New City. David is an active and respected member of the business community, protecting people with insurance and financial services products,” said […]
FROM DAILY MAIL Police are investigating the possibility that the pilot of missing Flight MH370 hijacked his own aircraft in a bizarre political protest. The Mail on Sunday has learned that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah was an ‘obsessive’ supporter of Malaysia’s opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. And hours before the doomed flight left Kuala Lumpur it […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Brenner, the gangly, toothy-grinned “Tonight Show” favorite whose brand of observational comedy became a staple for other standup comedians, including Jerry Seinfeld and Paul Reiser, died Saturday. He was 78. Brenner, who had been fighting cancer, died peacefully at his home in New York City with his family at his […]
(FROM NY POST) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Malaysian jetliner missing for more than a week was deliberately diverted and continued flying for more than six hours after severing contact with the ground, meaning it could have gone as far northwest as Kazakhstan or into the Indian Ocean’s southern reaches, Malaysia’s leader said Saturday. Prime […]
LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Washington, DC – Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey was joined by Federal Railroad Administrator Joe Szabo and other Members of the New York and Connecticut Congressional delegations on a conference call today announcing the Federal Railroad Administration’s “Deep Dive” report to Congress. The report, which includes new revelations about Metro-North safety practices that […]