BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE I’d like to begin by talking about a letter I received from a reader responding to my idea that school taxes should be paid by all. The letter stated, “Armand Miele isn’t concerned for renters.” I could never forget renters. I was a renter for many years before I could […]
BY TOM OSSA Every winter around Super Bowl Sunday, hundreds of people flock to the Hudson River to watch a bunch of eager volunteers run into the freezing cold water. And every year, the funds raised at this event are used to help save the life of one or two young children in North Rockland. […]
Under proposed plan North Rockland will be split from Senate District 38 and placed into District 39 with Orange County Officials and consultants involved with the new Senate and Assembly districts have dealt Rockland County and particularly North Rockland a potential blow, as the county’s contiguous representation in one state senate district is proposed […]
GOVERNOR’S MEN COME TO HAVERSTRAW TO EXPLAIN HIS PLANS FOR NEW YORK BY EVAN WECHMAN Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked his commissioners to speak at all of the state’s counties about his proposed budget for 2012-2013. On Wednesday, January 25, Roann Destito, Commissioner of the Office of General Services came to address the Rockland community […]
DiNAPOLI: ACTIONS OF RAMAPO TOWN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR LDC REFORM Press Release from NYS Comptroller’s Office Ramapo town officials took a risky approach to financing a minor league stadium through the Ramapo Local Development Corporation (RLDC), according to an audit released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. As a result, taxpayers […]
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