BY CAROL MCILMURRAY On Sunday, Preserve Rockland hosted speakers Naftuli Moster of Young Advocates For Fair Education (YAFFED) and Fraidy Reiss, ‘Unchained At Last,’ a non-profit focused on ending forced marriage, to speak to a crowd of 80 people outside the Pearl River Elks club. Moster and Reiss grew up in the ultra orthodox community and are now activist […]
By CHRIS HANLY INVESTMENT CONSULTANT, GARY GOLDBERG FINANCIAL SERVICES History shows that markets won’t care if Hillary or Donald wins Politicians, on both sides of the isle, have become masterful at pulling heartstrings and playing on voter’s emotions. Of course, these same voters are also investors and are therefore very conflicted and concerned over the […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The brazen legal persecution of former Rockland COBA union leaders who opposed the reelection of their boss Sheriff Louis Falco in 2015 continues unabated as Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe and prosecutor Richard Kennison Moran have chosen to play along with Falco rather than deal with opposing him on a sensitive issue. The DA has moved to indict CO […]
On the death of FDNY Chief Michael Fahy: The officers and members of the Rockland County Volunteer Firefighters’ Association express their deepest sympathy to the Fahy family on the death of FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy. The FDNY has lost a rising star and Rockland County has lost a true native son. So many […]
A report on fiscally stressed municipalities issued this week from the NY State Comptroller’s Office rated Rockland County at the same “65.8 percent” budget stress level for Budget Year 2015 as Budget Year 2014. This keeps Rockland on the list of counties facing “significant” fiscal stress. Rockland County Executive Ed Day said there’s some good news not […]
OPEN LETTER FROM RAMAPO COUNCIL CANDIDATE BILL WEBER I, William J Weber, Jr, formally announce my candidacy for Ramapo Town Council to be held on the next General Election, November 8th, 2016. This election is to fill the Ramapo Town Council vacancy for an unexpired 3-year term. The position was formally held by Samuel Tress, who recently […]