The New Jersey & New York Volunteer Firemen’s Association held their 101st annual convention at Cresskill N.J. on Friday, June 6 with members from both Rockland and Bergen Counties in attendance. Nick Gatti (past chief Piermont Fire Department) was elected president of the interstate association succeeding Robert Kirsch (past chief Bergenfield N.J. Fire Department) after […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column Rockland Boulders veteran first baseman Jerod Edmondson dreams of a ticket to the big leagues. “Why not?” asks second-year manager Jamie Keefe, who was drafted out of high school in the third round by Major League Baseball and has 22 years in the game — the last 12 as […]
Anthony Effaldana, age 20, placed third in Novice and fifth in the Open classes at the International Fitness and Physique Association (I.F.P.A.) All Natural Body Building Competition on May 10, 2014. The Open Class is for the I.F.P.A. Pro Card. Both classes have roughly 40 competitors, separated into four different groups of 8-10 […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL At this past Clarkstown board meeting on June 10 there were two special presentations to start the meeting off. Both presentations were related to students and schooling. Shavonne Davis, the 2013 Nanuet High school class president led the group in the pledge of allegiance. Nanuet High School’s concert choir sang the star […]
Move applauded in Rockland BY BILL DEMAREST NEW CITY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called upon state education officials to appoint a fiscal monitor for the troubled East Ramapo School District. The change in position by Cuomo was quickly applauded in Rockland County. “Working together with Governor Cuomo we will be able to get real […]
PRESS RELEASE AND STATEMENT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOCIATION (NYSRPA) The NYSRPA is opposed to mandatory firearms micro-stamping legislation, bills A-3244A/S-68A. Despite the complete lack of genuine public interest in this issue, members of the NY Legislature feel the need to once again bring it up. Even though the technology’s patent […]