BY GEORGINA CASAZZA STONY POINT – Finishing off the end of a terrific 41st season, Penguin Rep Theatre presents “After,” a timely new play examining parenting, bullying and fallout from a school issue. Written by the award-winning author of “Daniel’s Husband,” Michael McKeever, and directed by Penguin’s own Joe Brancato, “After” is provocative and moving […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Can I get a round of applause for our United States Congress? Yes, indeedy, ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for both Democrats and Republicans! They have miraculously come together to approve one of the only major pieces of legislation set to become law this year. Amazing. It was a rare […]
When I first took office in January of 2014, this county was on the verge of a financial disaster. We faced a $138 million deficit and were $42,000 away from insolvency. When we took out a bond to pay the deficit, everyone said we would need double digit tax increases to make our payments. We […]
By Kathy Kahn Stony Point’s Town Board disclosed at its last meeting that a private partnership, Patriot Hills, LLC, was interested in buying the golf course the town inherited when Letchworth Village was closed in the mid-1990s. Despite any “profits” made by the golf course and the Patriot Hills catering facility, Stony Pointers still pay […]
BY MARC MOSS Personal loans are attractive to many consumers because they do not require collateral. They basically are unsecured loan transactions where the lenders (not the ones borrowing) assume the greater share of the risk. To compensate, the interest rates are made higher. Some can reach 20 percent of the principal amount, or keep […]
New City, NY – New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released the 2017 Fiscal Stress Monitoring System report which listed Rockland County as having “Moderate Stress” an improvement from being in the “Significant Stress” category for fiscal year 2016. “Moving from the New York State Comptrollers “Significant Fiscal Stress” list to the “Moderate Fiscal Stress” list […]