Marc Maturo’s official sports column Lady Spartans moving forward in women’s lacrosse The St. Thomas Aquinas College women’s lacrosse team, which reeled off four straight decisive victories to open the season before running into nationally second-ranked Adelphi University, is headed for a highly successful season. This opinion is held by fourth-year associate head coach Rob […]
The infamous leader of Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps, is on death’s door, according to his estranged son. Beginning in the early 2000s, Phelps and his church, comprised largely of his close and extended family, began terrorizing their fellow Americans, showing up at funerals with signs reading that God Hates Them and is glad they […]
Local youth from the Hudson Valley who have had it with marketing from the tobacco industry joined youth around the country to stand up and speak out against big tobacco on Kick Butts Day, March 19. The Hudson Valley Tobacco Free Partners (SmokeFree Dutchess, POW’R Against Tobacco, TFAC of Ulster and Reality Check of Rockland […]
NEW CITY – In a reversal of a controversial decision by Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme, State Judge Gerald Loehr struck down the mayor’s dismissal of Village Trustee Vilair Fonvil on Monday. The decision comes two weeks after Fonvil and his allies on the board, Trustees Emilia White and Asher Grossman, successfully filed a restraining […]
Ramapo Police Department, in conjunction with numerous other Rockland County law enforcement agencies, conducted a ‘Crackdown’ Stop-DWI detail during the period leading up to and including St. Patrick’s Day. The detail was coordinated by the Rockland County Stop-DWI Office. Ramapo Police arrested 30 year old Jackenton Lavalasse, from New City, for DWAI Drugs and Unlawful […]
Indian elections important to stem the drift in US India Relations PRESS RELEASE FROM USINPAC US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) Announces Launch of 2014 Indian Election Site: http://www.usinpac.com/India-Elections2014/. Sanjay Puri, Chairman; USINPAC stated, “As has been widely acknowledged the current state of the US India relationship is at best mediocre and at worst contentious. […]