Jaffee Announces Re-election campaign to Represent the 97th Assembly District

Jaffee Announces Re-election campaign to Represent the 97th Assembly District

Statement from Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee I am thrilled to announce my re-election campaign to continue representing the 97th Assembly District. Today we face challenges to our democracy, our liberties, and our way of life both nationally and here in Rockland. I am ready to do what is necessary to ensure that ALL my constituents have […]

4 Tips for Lifting Heavy Loads in the Warehouse

Wherever you work, you want to minimize your chance of injury. However, when you work in a warehouse, you are particularly at risk of getting injured on the job. It’s the nature of the work you do – you work with heavy machinery, heavy loads, and sometimes accidents happen. However, you can take steps to […]

Rockland Boces Students Advance to Auto Tech Nat. Championship

Rockland Boces Students Advance to Auto Tech Nat. Championship

WEST NYACK, NY – Congratulations to Rockland BOCES Students Peter Moger (Clarkstown Central School District) & Luis Pinto-Samayoa (East Ramapo Central School District) and their teacher Frank Pipolo on winning the New York Auto Tech Competition. They are now headed to nationals!

Book Review: “Woman”

Book Review: “Woman”

Caitlin Jenner might love this book. You might not. But then again–you might! “Woman,” by Veemala Victoria Persaud (AuthorHouse, 2018, 153 pages) is one of those books where the subject matter (in this case, gender reassignment, or transgender change) can get inextricably bound up in a reader’s estimation of the actual quality of the writing, […]

Haverstraw (Again) Ordered to Pay Huge Monies in CondemnationProceedings

Haverstraw (Again) Ordered to Pay Huge Monies in CondemnationProceedings

By Joel Grossbarth A little over a year after the Village of Haverstraw was ordered by an appeals court to pay almost $8 million dollars to a property owner that the village took land from, that same court has now ordered the village to pay over $1 million to a different property owner and lessee […]

Religious School Sues Clarkstown Over Defunct Grace Baptist Church Deal

Religious School Sues Clarkstown Over Defunct Grace Baptist Church Deal

By Joel Grossbarth After only a few weeks of savoring a win against a religious girls school in Rockland County Supreme Court, the Town of Clarkstown is again defending itself from a lawsuit filed by Ateres Bais Yaakov, this time in United States Federal Court. In a lawsuit filed this week, the religious girls school […]