In the wake of Ellen Jaffee’s blowout victory against Thomas Gulla in the Democratic Party primary, Preserve Rockland activists are boasting that their movement’s clout has neutralized the influence of bloc-voting religious communities in Ramapo. One of Preserve Rockland’s most prominent leaders Peter Bradley boasted on Rockland Voice’s website this week that, “Last Tuesday you […]
Deadline to Submit is October 14, 2016 The Town of Clarkstown seeks nominations for the Pride of Clarkstown Awards. The program, now in its 11th year, is designed to recognize outstanding commercial properties, nominated by individuals and civic organizations for their efforts to beautify their properties and in turn the Town of Clarkstown. The deadline […]
BY SETON MOTLEY No one breaks the law of unintended consequences – more than government. Governments everywhere decades ago launched the War on Tobacco. Which they tell us is to protect us from ourselves (which – here in America, anyway – is not a Constitutional role for government to play). What it really is about […]
CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE Colin Schmitt, the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform Party candidate for the 99th Assembly District, on Tuesday, September 20 challenged his opponent, James Skoufis, to a series of three debates. Schmitt said, “Our neighbors in the 99th Assembly District deserve the chance to hear from both candidates. The 2016 Election is a pivotal […]
To the Editor, The NYS Public Service Commission is poised to make a decision on Suez Water’s demand that Rockland ratepayers pay $54 million for its failed desalination project, which would have drawn our drinking water from the Hudson River downstream from Indian Point nuclear power plant. If approved, ratepayers could be stuck paying a staggering $82 million including interest over […]
A 16-year-old Ramapo High School student was arrested Friday night for allegedly pointing a loaded gun at a classmate during a bus ride home earlier that day. The unnamed juvenile faces felony charges of reckless endangerment in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, as well as a Class A misdemeanor, […]