A bill which would introduce greater oversight to a proposed expansion of the Village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County passed both houses of the State Legislature Tuesday and awaits a signature from Governor Andrew Cuomo. The annexation process, a highly-controversial effort to expand the predominantly Orthodox Jewish municipality which has been criticized as rushed […]
Odell Beckham and other pro-athletes come together for a softball game and homerun derby to battle childhood diseases Provident Bank Park, home of the Rockland Boulders, will host a celebrity fundraiser to benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital on June 26. Professional athletes, including O’Dell Beckham, David Wilson, Michael Vick, Steve Weatherford, Rashad Jennings and Mo Wilkerson will […]
PRESS RELEASE Practice Greenhealth,, the nation’s leading nonprofit membership and networking organization for substantial health care, has recently announced the winners of the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards. The Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards is Greenhealth’s highest honor for hospitals; recipients are selected from the Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards applicants and are leading the […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA In 1993, director Steven Spielberg wowed filmgoers when he presented them with stunningly realistic dinosaurs in his adventure thriller, “Jurassic Park,” which was based on the novel by sci-fi author, Michael Crichton. Afterwards, Spielberg tried to recreate the magic with “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” which was also based on a novel […]
The video released by the Rockland GOP regarding the illegal housing situation in Rockland has stirred up much emotion and passion. Regardless of your view on the issue, it is not about any one picture, video, religion or race. The reality is we have a problem in Rockland County that has gone unaddressed for so […]
BY BILL DEMAREST NANUET – Clarskstown detectives are trying to find a man who pulled off a $19,000 bait-and-switch scam in Nanuet, passing off fake coins to a man who thought he was buying valuable Maple Leaf gold coins. The scam took place on June 2 in Nanuet and police said the suspected con man […]