In the Town of Stony Point we recommend the Republican slate. Candidates from the Republican Party have dominated Stony Point politics in recent years with the exception of outgoing Supevisor Geoff Finn, a Democrat who incidentally has endorsed Republican supervisor candidate Councilman Jim Monaghan. The town board has made some strides promoting economic development, avoiding […]
PRESS RELEASE State and federal officials announced this week that the New York State Department of Transportation has been awarded a $10 million federal grant to help develop bus rapid transit service between Rockland and Westchester Counties. “Today is another major step forward in our efforts to improve transportation in the lower Hudson Valley,” said […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Can I just vent this week? Please? Thank you. I am a sympathetic person; really, I am. But the excessive and fawning news coverage of former NBA player Lamar Odom’s illegal drug use and self-imposed near-death experience has been disgusting. To say the coverage has been excessive and out of proportion to […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco and Woodbury Police Chief Richard Vasquez were the first to face off last Sunday in a room that exceeded its capacity. Fielding the first question about cuts in the corrections department, Falco said his administration cut $10 million, specifically for cost overruns in the county correctional facility. […]
A New Square resident who got a seven-year prison sentence for trying to burn down a house in April 2012 has been set free this week in front of a Rockland County judge. State Supreme Court Justice William Kelly made the decision Tuesday afternoon, at a resentencing hearing ordered by an Appeals Court. Upon reconsidering the case, Judge […]
To the Editor, We are registered Democrats with a longstanding commitment to our party, its principles and its candidates. Nevertheless, on November 3, 2015, we intend to vote for Christopher Carey, the Republican candidate for Rockland County Legislator in the Ninth Legislative District. We have made this decision because we believe that Thomas Ninan, the Democratic candidate, does not have the requisite capacity to succeed […]