BY JANIE ROSMAN PHOTOS COURTESY OF NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY Nyack High School juniors Andrew Schla, Olivia Demetres and Andrew Pointek were surprised at the amount of people in various careers collaborating on the New NY Bridge project. “It was more environmentally-friendly,” Demetres said after the Educational Outreach presentation at their school earlier this […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Saint Peter’s University professor Philip Mark Plotch didn’t plan to write a book when he worked at the MTA and LMDC. “I was working on a lot of big projects and felt frustrated when I didn’t know what was going on,” he told a packed room at Nyack Library last week. “Turns […]
To the Editor, It’s interesting to note that Westchester County eliminated their mounted unit several years ago, claiming a million dollar a year savings. In the interest of efficiency the Rockland Sheriff’s Mounted Unit needs to be eliminated. Police departments across the country have eliminated their mounted units in the interest of efficiency. In Rockland, […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Most of you know my administration has charted a new course for Rockland County, one guided by simple, common sense principles. Our core priorities include stabilizing Rockland’s finances, promoting economic growth and preserving the County for future generations. Last week, I unveiled my Proposed Budget for 2016. It’s […]
“Governor Cuomo’s call for a federal government shutdown over gun control is callous and silly grandstanding abusing a terrible tragedy to further his national ambitions and burnish his Left-wing credentials following last year’s embarrassing primary and his sinking job approval ratings. “He should have learned to do better from his rushed enactment after a similar […]
BY BARRY WARNER A Presidential Proclamation was signed this year by President Barack Obama to designate October 4-10, 2015 as Fire Prevention Week. Fire Prevention Week was first established to commemorate The Great Chicago Fire in 1871, which killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. […]