RAMAPO’S BUILDING CRISIS

Community View by Robert I. Rhodes, Ph.D., Chairman, Preserve Ramapo The Hillcrest chapter of CUPON (Citizens United to Protect Our Neighbors) met last Tuesday evening. Thanks to Micheal Miller’s presentation it was a most educational and shocking evening. Micheal presented a long list of building projects in Ramapo. He estimated that when approved a total […]

Loftus for County Court: Local attorney goes full circle

Loftus for County Court: Local attorney goes full circle

BY KATHY KAHN Town of Orangetown Justice Patrick Loftus began his legal career in the District Attorney’s office, eventually branching into a partnership that dealt mainly with civil law. His first love was working on the prosecutorial side of his chosen profession, and so Loftus has thrown his hat into the ring for one of the […]

OMBUDSMAN ALERT: THE “MIGHTY” MICROSOFT FINALLY CONFESSES TO ITS MISTAKES AFTER ROCKLAND TIMES COMPLAINED TO THE NY ATTORNEY-GENERAL

OMBUDSMAN ALERT: THE “MIGHTY” MICROSOFT FINALLY CONFESSES TO ITS MISTAKES AFTER ROCKLAND TIMES COMPLAINED TO THE NY ATTORNEY-GENERAL

  BY DR. LOU ALPERT After the appearance of a number of articles in this column over the last several months reacting to numerous complaints made by our readers concerning the “forced” imposition by Microsoft of the the Windows 10 operating system on their computers. Microsoft has now “come clean” and finally acknowledged the “confusion” […]

VOICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY

Keeping Legislative Costs Down By Legislator Jay Hood, Jr. (D – Haverstraw) Vice Chair Rockland County Legislature While governments everywhere continue to try to contain spending each year, especially in the “tax cap” era, in Rockland, we have learned to do more with less. To begin with, our County budget is the lowest it has […]

Westrock Pools helps out family facing tragedy

Westrock Pools helps out family facing tragedy

The Handsman family loved to go swimming in the Clarkstown public pools. It was always a joyous family activity. Sad times hit the family in November when father, Alan Handsman, was diagnosed with stage 3 multiple myeloma, a rare cancer of the blood.  He had a stem cell transplant in May and has to limit exposure to […]