BY CHERYL SLAVIN The Stony Point NY Rising Reconstruction Committee held its final public engagement meeting last week, thus completing the mission it had set out upon almost a year ago: to identify and assess disaster damage sustained over the course of three high intensity storms and come up with solutions for the Town to “build […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN At its May 6 meeting the North Rockland Central School District held the final public hearing on its completed proposed budget for the 2014-2015 year. The proposed budget of $208,323,157 represents a 0.97 percent increase over last year. The proposed tax levy totaling $137,834,268 represents an increase of 0.25 percent, or about […]
Bomb squad responds to false alarm in Congers A suspicious package in Congers prompted a response from the county’s bomb squad, but was ultimately deemed to be harmless. The package was discovered on Route 303 at around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. After being notified, local police inspected the item and called the bomb squad as […]
Byoung Yang, MD, System Medical Director for Bon Secours Charity Health System Wound and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) program, has been invited to offer poster presentations at the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society’s annual scientific meeting in St Louis, Missouri on June 18-21. Dr. Yang specializes in wound care management at Good Samaritan Regional Medical […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA If you’re a fan of movies, especially comedies, you’ve probably seen John Landis’ 1978 college classic, “Animal House.” If you haven’t, you should. It’s one of the finest examples of comedic filmmaking, and is a staple in the college-film sub genre that makes for terrifically fun viewing. Now, in director Nicholas Stoller’s […]
Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.