Announcement from Chris Day campaign for Congress Chris Day: “I’m very proud that the Rockland County Building and Construction Trades Council, an association of private sector local unions from Carpenters to Steamfitters to Electricians and everything in between, saw fit to give me their endorsement for the election this November. “The leadership of this group […]
ALBANY- The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) continues to fight Medicaid fraud while seeking to improve New York’s system. In an effort to improve communication between the OMIG and other local agencies involved in the Medicaid fraud fight, Senator David Carlucci and other legislators worked to pass legislation that allows […]
BY LISA ROSE Local corrections officers and their friends and family gathered at Leo Ladders American Legion Post 130 in Thiells Wednesday, June 25 to award the 2014 Donny Coleman-Gregory Sokolohorsky Scholarships. The awards were given to seven tri-state graduating seniors who are the children of Rockland County corrections officers. John Cocozzu, Corrections Union (COBA) president, was […]
In the June 19 article about the Blauvelt residents fight against the Greenbush Factory, the offer price for the property from John Palladino in 2008 was for $5 million dollars, not $800,000 as reported. Activists noted that if the price were $800,000 they would have pursued acquisition of the property to avoid the construction of […]
BY MERRILL MATTHEWS Here’s a news flash: The death of U.S. manufacturing has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, manufacturing has been growing stronger thanks to the U.S. energy boom and a steady supply of inexpensive natural gas. And Texas seems to be leading the comeback. Forbes magazine ranks Houston as the No. 1 city for […]
By Vincent Abbatecola Back in 2005, Broadway introduced audiences to “Jersey Boys,” a musical that told of how The Four Seasons became a singing sensation. With the way it explored how the main characters were changed by their success told a classic, but true story of the fame that comes with hard work, and the […]