BY CHERYL SLAVIN Seeking to identify a unifying campaign issue that could attract the support of all New Yorkers, the Rob Astorino gubernatorial campaign has started the process of creating an independent ballot line based on the “Stop Common Core” movement. The goal is to collect at least 15,000 valid signatures from all over the […]
Samantha Stark of Suffern and Danielle McIntee of Sparkill were recently announced as the two winners of the 2014 Rockland County Volunteer Firemen’s Association Stuart L. Gates Scholarship. Each received checks in amount of $1,250 from RCVFA at the July 11 at the Hillcrest firehouse on Route 45. Stark earned a 4.04 GPA and was […]
To the Editor, One resonant theme of the NYS Public Service Commission proceedings in Albany regarding United Water and Rockland County, is “Outreach and Education”. The arrogant French-controlled utility lives in the same existential self-deception bemoaned by Sartre. United Water’s Jersey middle-management operatives tell us that our opposition to desalination and rate-increases are a mere […]
The West Haverstraw Roller Hockey Club Bricktown Bandits 14U Team Won the Gold Medal at The Nutmeg Games at Trinity College in Hartford, CT played Saturday & Sunday, July 12 and 13 after defeating the Monroe, NY Crusaders, Mahopac, NY Indians, Warwick, Rhode Island Teamwork Tigers, and the Manchester, CT Bulldogs Team: Xavier Alonso, Steven […]
BY PETER ROFF Op-ed originally published in US News and World Report Most of the pundits who follow national politics have already made up their minds about what’s going on in New York. They see the possibility of a GOP pickup of two or even three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, especially if […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, known for his acerbic stand-up routine and role as Zed in the “Police Academy” series, will be performing at the Palisades Mall’s Levity Live Comedy Club at the end of the week. Bobcat will show off a style that has slightly changed with his shifting priorities, […]