Circumstances allow Legislator Grant and Democrats to renew budget battle with Day BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Did you think the arduous county budget battle of 2016-17 was settled, with County Executive Ed Day and six of seven Republican legislators narrowly defeating the Democrats on the strength of Day’s veto? Think again! Both sides had been aware […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE John Ade as Dr. Henry Jekyll and Neil Battinelli as Mr. Hyde lead a cast of very talented actors in this classic written many years ago by Robert Louis Stevenson. The result is a first rate production. Jekyll, who wrestles with his desire to look into the good and bad sides of humanity, devises a […]
BY KATHY KAHN While fanfare was humming in the Nation’s capitol, locals from Rockland, the Hudson Valley and Bergen County had a celebration of their own at the Mahwah Sheraton on January 20. More than 150 guests, many in formal attire, watched Trump’s inauguration replayed and joined in toasting the outcome of the election. After […]
PRESS RELEASE — Last week, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced the most recent estimated Rockland and Westchester death tolls caused by opioid based drugs. The yearly death tolls in both counties have more than tripled since 2008. “Our community cannot allow this alarming trend to continue,” stated Senator Carlucci. “There are options available for us […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH After getting hit with a string a bad news ranging from arrests of top elected officials on Federal corruption charges to the state monitoring its building department, the Town of Ramapo got a little good news, thanks to an appeals court in Brooklyn. The Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed a ruling that […]
BY BARRY WARNER People to People is a nonprofit 501 C3 organization that works to help struggling Rockland residents through difficult times with dignity. For decades, People to People (PtoP) has been assisting the community’s most vulnerable families, anxious seniors and worried veterans. The organization is Rockland’s hunger relief organization that provides food and other […]