ALBANY…NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement after Comptroller Tom DiNapoli stated that he will no opt-in to public campaign financing: “After Comptroller DiNapoli did his job by pointing out that the Governor’s sham projected budget surplus is actually a $3.4 billion deficit, and that the Governor used $700 million in one-shot budget gimmicks […]
What’s Happening BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Coming up at Shades Repertory in Haverstraw at 8 p.m. on May 2, 3, 9 and 10, “The Informer,” adapted by Joseph McDonald from Liam O’Flaherty’s novel. Call 845-675-8044. – Adrienne Iapalucci from the Bronx headlines at the Good Time Stage Room, Empire City Casino in Yonkers, April […]
On Saturday, April 5,2014 the South Orangetown Middle School (SOMS) Debate team competed in the New York City Urban Debate League (NYCUDL) Battle of the Boroughs Middle School Debate Tournament hosted by the Bronx High School of Science in the Bronx, NY. The tournament was the largest middle school debate tournament on the East Coast […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA WARNING: This review may contain minor spoilers. Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe just keeps getting better and better. After the tempting mid-credits scene that followed “Thor: The Dark World,” it was difficult to wait for the following MCU installment, leaving viewers to wonder where this expansive film project will take […]
To the Editor, A recent prayer request in a small religious magazine brought my own urgent concern home to me. “You can imagine the stress both physical and mental,” the writer commented as she described “moving slowly” out of the family home where she and her brothers and sisters had lived since 1957. In the […]
STORY SUBMITTED BY THE HAVERSTRAW ELKS Chief Stephen Scurti, the founding chief of the Stony Point Police Department, was honored with the James V. Stewart Distinguished Career Service Award on the 42nd Law Enforcement Recognition Night held in March by the Haverstraw Elks. This is Scurti’s story, which is also the story of the founding […]