Republicans to take 4-1 council margin in Clarkstown; Ward system to be implemented for four council seats The Republican Party, with the help of the new-found Reform Party line, has earned one of the most unlikely political victories in recent Rockland County history, sweeping town and county races in the Town of Clarkstown. Elected supervisor […]
FROM ACCUWEATHER.COM By Brian Lada, Meteorologist Stargazers may be in for a rare cosmic light show this week as the northern lights dance across the night sky. Tuesday night will bring another chance for people in Canada and the northern United States to see the northern lights as an influx of charges particles from the […]
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. […]