From the Comptroller’s Office The state Department of Taxation and Finance ran up more than $6 million in overtime costs last year because of systemic problems with a contractor’s processing of paper returns and the department’s failure to fully assess the risks of using a new vendor and stringently monitor its work, according to an […]
Rockland Community College’s (RCC) Mens tennis team began their season last weekend with a 9-0 win against Kingsborough Community College KCC). This is their first season in three years and they have a new head coach guiding them, Joseph Gravagna. Rockland is led by freshman first singles player Jeremy Rosen (Pearl River HS) and his […]
ALBANY…NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement after Comptroller Tom DiNapoli stated that he will no opt-in to public campaign financing: “After Comptroller DiNapoli did his job by pointing out that the Governor’s sham projected budget surplus is actually a $3.4 billion deficit, and that the Governor used $700 million in one-shot budget gimmicks […]
What’s Happening BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Coming up at Shades Repertory in Haverstraw at 8 p.m. on May 2, 3, 9 and 10, “The Informer,” adapted by Joseph McDonald from Liam O’Flaherty’s novel. Call 845-675-8044. – Adrienne Iapalucci from the Bronx headlines at the Good Time Stage Room, Empire City Casino in Yonkers, April […]
On Saturday, April 5,2014 the South Orangetown Middle School (SOMS) Debate team competed in the New York City Urban Debate League (NYCUDL) Battle of the Boroughs Middle School Debate Tournament hosted by the Bronx High School of Science in the Bronx, NY. The tournament was the largest middle school debate tournament on the East Coast […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA WARNING: This review may contain minor spoilers. Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe just keeps getting better and better. After the tempting mid-credits scene that followed “Thor: The Dark World,” it was difficult to wait for the following MCU installment, leaving viewers to wonder where this expansive film project will take […]