BY STEPHANIE DOLCE Thanks to social media, today’s generation and those who have been accustomed to it, never really break up with anyone anymore. The word, “boyfriend” to a girl/woman today, has many different meanings- or if you ever have watched the “Big Bang Theory,” as Sheldon Cooper described Amy; “She’s a girl and she’s […]
UPDATED BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Novartis Pharmaceuticals has notified local officials that they will be closing their Suffern plant over the course of the next three years, County Executive Ed Day confirmed with the Rockland County Times. Employees of the company received the news during their 2 o’clock shift, Day said. The company will attempt to […]
FROM THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE Governor Deploys Additional Equipment and Personnel to Assist in Winter Storm Response; Activates State Emergency Operations Center Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency as a major winter storm has moved into the New York City metropolitan area. The State of Emergency covers the following counties: Suffolk, Nassau, […]
“The VA is just IRS spelled differently” BY JERRY DONNELLAN Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County Since I came to be director of Rockland County Veterans Service Agency in 1992, the veteran population has dropped in half and it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The basic reason for this […]
Legislative Press Release from Assemblyman Kieran Lalor Fishkill, NY – (1/20/14) – Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I-Fishkill) is renewing his call for New York to end Governor Cuomo’s expensive and non-productive Hollywood tax credits. Lalor’s statement comes after reports revealed “The Wolf of Wall Street” received the most tax credits of any Academy Award nominee, […]
AGGRAVATED UNLICENSED OPERATION Amanda Gagliardo, age 24, residing at 63 N. Central Hwy., Garnerville NY, was arrested on January 17, 2014 for aggravated unlicensed operation in the third degree. The defendant was arrested after a vehicle and traffic stop revealed that she was operating a motor vehicle while her NYS DLIC was suspended for failing […]