Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) announced a $5.1 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to New York that will help the state’s gas stations located near highway exits and along evacuation routes remain open and operating during power outages caused by disasters like Superstorm Sandy. “Superstorm Sandy devastated our community, causing power outages that led […]
By General David Irvine, Ambassador James R. Jones, Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering and Judge William S. Sessions Shortly after the Abu Ghraib photographs became public, Secretary of State Colin Powell described telling foreign audiences, “Watch America. Watch how we deal with this. Watch how America will do the right thing. Watch what a nation of […]
BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services 2014 kicked off just as our Investment Committee members forecast – with a rise in market volatility. Looking ahead this first quarter and for the rest of the year, we expect overall market volatility to keep climbing, meaning many investors will need to rethink their investment […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The Rockland Republican Women’s Leadership Council presented a talk with County Sheriff Louis Falco at the Blauvelt Free Library last Monday evening. Along with his undersheriffs Mary Barbara and Bob Van Cura, Falco discussed both the functions of the Sheriff’s office in general and the counter-terrorism measures specifically that his office currently […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Two representatives from the Stony Point Action Committee for the Environment (SPACE)—Susan Filgueras and Laurie Cozza—joined Annie Wilson of the Environmental Justice League, Wyldon Fishman of the New York Solar Energy Society, Steven Ludwigson of Boilermakers Local 5, and James Slevin of Utility Workers of America Local 1-2 at the office of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Most of us have been at a border at some point in our lives and have faced the expected scrutiny that greets anybody leaving or entering the country. At this point in history, when illegal immigration, the drug wars and terrorism are on the minds of just about every border patrol agent […]
