BY BARRY WARNER Annie Sunny, Bella Shore and Joan Stauble are participating in the ‘Stay Fit Senior Circuit Program’ at the Street Community Center on Zukor Road. The free 30-minute program, which meets three times a week, is for Clarkstown seniors 60 years and older. The hydraulic circuit is designed to work every muscle group […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE It’s 1:30 a.m. on a freezing February day at photographer Jake Manheim’s Greenwich Village apartment when struggling novelist Harry Levine appears with small change in his pocket. He owes Jake considerable money and the two argue about the money, life in general and the novel. Such is the setting of the […]
BY CHRIS FAULKNER The Environmental Protection Agency’s new carbon emissions standards have caused an uproar in the coal industry. These rules limit the amount of carbon new coal-fired power plants can produce. Industry-friendly lawmakers have been quick to voice their outrage. Congressmen John Shimkus and Rodney Davis say they “will kill the future of coal.” […]
Deerpark Supervisor Karl A. Brabenec has officially kicked off his campaign for the New York State Assembly. He seeks the District 98 seat vacated by Annie Rabbitt when she became Orange County clerk. “I am determined to fight as hard as I can, in every way I can, to make the commonsense reforms that will […]
Seven Rockland high school football players were named to All-State teams (including honorable mentions), including three from North Rockland. The only Rocklander to gain first-team All-State status was Eric Favors, the dominant defensive lineman from North Rockland. Favors also won Journal News Rockland County Player of the Year. The powerhouse is a senior next season […]
Thomas Sowell decries ‘the truly despicable intervention’ by Eric Holder COLUMN BY THOMAS SOWELL Anyone who has still not yet understood the utter cynicism of the Obama administration in general, and Attorney General Eric Holder in particular, should look at the Justice Department’s latest interventions in education. If there is one thing people all across […]