BY SCOTT WATERS SUFFERN – Community members and volunteers were out in full force on Friday collecting donations for the 29th Annual Suffern PBA/D.A.R.E. Holiday Toy Drive. The volunteers were very successful raising thousands of dollars that will go directly toward toys for local children in need. Members of the Suffern Police Department and Village […]
By Jamie Kempton Forty-five years ago, the Albertus Magnus High School cross country team swept through Bear Mountain State Park like a typhoon, capturing Rockland County and Section 9 titles en route to the most dominant season in the sport’s illustrious history in Rockland. On Saturday, November 30, six members of the Falcons’ famed “Long […]
New City – Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann announced the “kick-off” of the Clarkstown Cares Coat Drive. The program runs now through December 20th. The town is collecting coats for kids and adults with the help of four local dry cleaners. The cleaners will clean the coats free of charge, and then forward them to three distribution […]
By Gary Locke and Erik Paulsen While Washington is often dominated with partisan gridlock, Congress can put politics aside and improve the everyday lives of Americans by passing a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a trade deal that would replace the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA needed to be modernized and the […]
Saint Nicholas Day at the Historical Society of Rockland County When: Saturday, December 7: 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. Sunday, December 8: 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. Program duration: 45 minutes Where: Jacob Blauvelt House, 20 Zukor Road, New City Price: $5 per person (adults and children) Visit the Historical Society of Rockland […]
By Michael Stumo There are plenty of news commentators who say America’s workers are doing just fine. They see low consumer prices, low unemployment, and a booming stock market as signs that all is well. But out in the real world, things are more worrying. Millions of Americans are barely subsisting on retail work in […]