FROM GAS BUDDY For the first time since March 25, 2009, the national average price of gasoline has dropped below $2 a gallon. Currently over two-thirds of gas stations are selling gasoline at $1.99 or less, yet the national benchmark had previously failed to breach $2 a gallon as fuel prices have been stubbornly slow […]
The Rockland County Department of Public Transportation has announced transit service schedules during the holidays. On December 25th and January 1st, Transport of Rockland (TOR) buses will operate Sunday service. TAPPAN ZEExpress (TZx) and TRIPS paratransit buses will not operate. Go to rocklandbus.com for a complete list of holiday transit schedules serving Rockland County. Thursday, […]
BY DIANE DIMOND As much of the world is consumed with how to respond to the bloodthirsty and murderous group known as ISIS, as various ways for our troops to kill radical Islamists are contemplated, here at home the appetite for state-sponsored killings is down. It’s an interesting contrast to contemplate while studying the findings […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NEW CITY-County Legislature Aron Wieder(D-Spring Valley) resigned as majority leader to dedicate himself to fighting NYS-appointed E. Ramapo monitor Dennis Walcott and his three-person team’s recent 19 recommendations to overhaul East Ramapo school district oversight on Thursday, Dec 17. Wieder, former E. Ramapo school board president and a leader in the close-knit […]
Dear Dennis: I am writing as an elected member of the Board of Education, a resident of East Ramapo, a voter, a taxpayer, and the father of an East Ramapo public school student. Your recommendations to the Board of Regents are personally offensive to me, my family, my community, and especially to the 6,438 voters […]
The Stony Point Seals, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is preparing for its 17th annual Polar Plunge on Superbowl Sunday, February 7, 2016. Every year hundreds of “seals” jump into the icy Hudson River in support of children suffering from serious illness. This year’s charitable recipients are Gabrielle DiCarlo and Vincent Fornzo. Gabrielle was diagnosed with […]