BY DIANE DIMOND This is not one of my typical crime and justice columns. This one comes from a personal place. I love the television show “Jeopardy!” I adore host Alex Trebek, and I watch the program whenever I can. So when contestant James Holzhauer recently started racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars and […]
By County Executive Ed Day Earlier this week our community was targeted with robocalls and flyers inviting residents to a “highly informative night of science and discussion.” Outsiders from across the country, including discredited former British doctor Andrew Wakefield who was teleconferenced in, came here to drive a wedge into the heart of our community; […]
BY SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI Area seniors should come and dance the night away at my 2nd Annual Senior Prom, tonight at 5 p.m. at the Pascack Community Center in Nanuet. We need to bring our seniors together and make sure we are always working to improve their quality of life. I cannot think of a better way for seniors […]
Rockland County Sewer District No.1 Earlier this year a settlement agreement was reached between the Town of Ramapo and Rockland County Sewer District No.1 (RCSD1) regarding the breach of contract by the Town of Ramapo for the removal of rock and dirt piles that were left in Sloatsburg from sewer district construction. The settlement was reached after the […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman The inspiration for writing this article may be traced back more than 20 years ago to 1998 when this Ombudsman was a mathematics professor at the City University of New York(CUNY) and attended a dinner meeting with his colleagues held at a Charlie Brown’s restaurant. We were delighted to be […]
SOUTH NYACK – Testimony has begun in the sex abuse trial of Kristina Wodicka, a South Nyack chiropractor accused of inappropriate touching of a 14-year-old client over the course of four months in 2015. The case is being heard by Acting Justice Thomas Mascola in Village of South Nyack Court. Village Justice Dennis Lynch recused […]