KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine, delivering on a vow he made five years ago even though he can no longer use his legs. The nation’s 41st president jumped from a helicopter at about […]
The House voted Thursday to make permanent a generous tax break that makes it easier for small businesses to buy new equipment and improve their property, part of an election-year showdown over a series of expired tax breaks worth billions. The tax break allows business owners to more quickly write off the costs of computers, […]
On June 11th, 2014, at approximately 10:55p.m. the Ramapo Police Department responded to the area of Hickory Road in the Hillcrest area for the report of a robbery. Upon arrival of responding officers, it was determined that an unknown suspect attempted to rob the victim of a cell phone. The suspect threatened force, removed the […]
BY THE SPECTATOR, JOHN MALONEY Well, here we are with another Father’s Day around the corner. I don’t know why it is but Mother’s Day gets more coverage than Father’s Day! Hey if it weren’t for fathers, there wouldn’t be any Mother’s Day! I began to think (and I sometimes do) what famous men and […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF PHOTOS BY PETER BRUNWASSER If you visit the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burns at 32 Sephar Lane in Chestnut Ridge on any given day chances are you will hear a racket of Biblical proportions. The noise comes from his neighbor Steven Slackman, owner of Steve’s Lawns, a popular Rockland County landscaping […]
How a social media post became a public spat over the deficit premium and the first ideological battle of the Ed Day-era in county government BY MICHAEL RICONDA Questions over an $11 million deficit premium earned from the sale of deficit financing bonds have provoked some contentiousness between County Executive Ed Day (R) and Legislator […]