Occasionally embattled Rockland TRIPS bus vendor Richard Brega, principal of Brega Transportation, has seen his share of government pressure in the past year, most often from County Executive Ed Day’s office. The Board of Elections website indicates that recently County Legislature Chairman Alden Wolfe refunded Brega in the sum of $1,000. Wolfe has yet to explain the odd move. […]
BY ADAM LUCENTE Afghanistan. Iraq. Syria. These are countries that come to mind when one hears the phrase “War on Terror,” or “Overseas Contingency Operation” as President Obama renamed it. France, Germany and the United Kingdom? Not so much. But will they in the future? The recent terror attacks in Paris and security actions in […]
BY RAQUEL OKYAY Gun rights advocates have asked Rochester District Court to end a state regulation they contend authorizes the state to secretly compile personal mental health information without cause to confiscate firearms in violation of the Second, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. “We made a motion for preliminary injunction to shut down the Integrated […]
American motorists will see something happen this week that has not occurred since March 25, 2009: The U.S. average price of gasoline will slip below $2 per gallon. “The current trend has the national average today at $2.05, which maintains the consistent rate of decline we’ve monitored for the past several months,” said Patrick DeHaan, […]
BY BARRY WARNER According to the Alzheimer’s Association, progressive mental deterioration in old age has been recognized and described throughout history. In 1906, a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer identified a collection of brain cell abnormalities as a disease. In the 1960s, scientists discovered a link between cognitive decline and the number of plaques and […]
Spring Valley village attorney resigns Citing extreme dysfunction in the village’s government, Spring Valley’s Village Attorney Jerrold Miles resigned with his assistant Corey Turner last week. The formal resignation of Jerrold Miles occurred on December 19 but was only announced publically in January. Miles explained he decided to leave his post after he concluded the […]