Increase had been anticipated Employer contribution rates for the New York State and Local Retirement System will decline slightly in Fiscal Year 2014-15, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced this week. The average contribution rate for the Employee Retirement System (ERS) will decrease by 0.8 percent of payroll, from 20.9 percent to 20.1 […]
On September 22, 1780, Major John Andre and Benedict Arnold met in the woods along the Hudson shoreline. Their act of treason was a pivotal point in the Revolutionary war. To commemorate the meeting of these two men, the HSRC will present a “Walk Through History” visiting the places in Rockland that were involved in […]
BY PETER PITTS Some major American healthcare providers are padding their bottom lines by exploiting a federal program meant to help low-income patients. This behavior is netting them billions in ill-gotten gains. And it could be preventing many vulnerable Americans from accessing the low-cost drugs they need to treat and prevent illness. This abuse needs […]
BY BARRY WARNER A course teaching kids to draw in “Manga” took place at Valley Cottage Library this summer. Manga refers to a style of cartoons that are used in graphic novels that originated in Japan. The novels are usually published in installments, have in-depth plots and characters and can be several hundred pages long. […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Larry Chance with Lenny Coco and the Chimes booked at Westchester Broadway Theatre, September 17, for a dinner and show at 6:15 p.m. Tickets at 914-592-2222 or broadwaytheatre.com. – Fifth Annual Turning Point American Roots Festival by the Turning Point Cafe, Piermont to benefit the Piermont Police Athletic League noon […]
Update: After reading this article, President Obama had a change of heart and decided to gain Congressional authorization before bombing Syria. Call it O-sanity: President Obama claims “There is nobody more war-weary than me,” even as he prepares to bomb Syria, with no international or Congressional support, and over an internal Syrian conflict. President […]