By Rockland County Executive Ed Day On Tuesday, voters will get the chance to reform Rockland County’s 30-year-old charter. The current document, which acts as a blueprint for Rockland’s system of government, was adopted in 1984 and was originally designed to diffuse power among the County Executive and the Legislature. Most of us in County […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – The Antrim Players and Helen Hayes Youth Theatre are working on the upcoming Christmas musical “A Christmas Carol-The Musical” to be presented at Antrim Playhouse, opening November 29 and running weekends through December 23. It will be directed by Michael Gosselin. Marty Andreas, president of Antrim, will be playing Scrooge. […]
State tax collections of $34.2 billion through the first half of the fiscal year were nearly $610 million higher than projected and the state collected nearly $3.5 billion from financial settlements through September, according to the state monthly cash report and a mid-year report on revenue trends, released this week by New York State Comptroller […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The Stony Point Town Board continued its discussions on the proposed 2015 budget last Tuesday night, after having initially heard from most of the department heads at the prior October 14 meeting. Supervisor Geoff Finn, in response to feedback from the other councilmembers, announced that he had found ways to further reduce […]
BY ALEXANDRA KEZEK Sparkill- Last Thursday the Counseling Honor Society of LIU Hudson hosted a presentation on domestic violence and its factors, called “Domestic Violence: The Pain Behind the Headlines.” Thomas Nardi, Roseanne Composto, Carolyn Fish, and Priscilla Prutzman were the four presenters, each discussing their experiences in the profession of counseling and the dynamics […]
To the Editor, This November’s election is more important than ever for New York State. There is a dangerous new proposed law sponsored by State Senator Rivera from The Bronx (the same lawmaker who proposed banning salty entrees at restaurants), and supported by Governor Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon, the mentor to local Assemblyman James […]