GOYA leader gains second national victory in religious competition BY JACOB SCHNEIDER Last week the Rockland County Times reported that Christina Hanos, 17, from West Nyack, won the national Saint John Chrysostom Annual Oratorical Festival in 2016 for the second time in three years. Hanos previously won the Greek Orthodox Church-sponsored award in 2014 during […]
To the Editor, It’s a shame Tom DePrisco would disparage legislation that virtually every East Rampo public school advocacy groups support and have been working day and night to get passed. Then again I can understand why he might be conflicted considering he is running to support the Republican Majority that blocked the original bill. […]
NY KNICKS PRESS RELEASE New York Knickerbockers President Phil Jackson announced today that the team has acquired three-time NBA All-Star and 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose from the Chicago Bulls. As part of the deal, the Knicks have also acquired guard Justin Holiday and a 2017 second-round draft selection in exchange for guards […]
The Clarkstown Police Department we will hold a Vehicle Identification Number [VIN]-etching program on Saturday June 25, 2016 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the back lot of the police headquarters. There is no appointment necessary to attend. CPD explained that VIN-etching uses a variety of methods, commonly a stencil and an acidic etching […]
BY BARRY WARNER Members of the Nyack American Legion Post 310, Boy Scout Troop 2 and Army Reenactors held a flag retirement ceremony on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Camp Shanks, ‘Last Stop, USA,’ which served as a point of embarkation for troops departing overseas during World War II. The United States Flag Code states […]
To the editor, The NRC recently declared Indian Point unit 2 safe to restart after examining work done by Entergy to make repairs to the reactor during the unit’s scheduled refueling outage. To Entergy’s credit, it had identified, publically announced and made repairs, demonstrating again that it puts safety first, before operation. In addition, in […]