By County Executive Ed Day As Autumn approaches we all begin to think of certain things, children returning to school, leaves changing colors on trees, football season or seeing the Yankees make a push into the playoffs. For those of us in government the end of summer means something else; budget season is upon us. […]
BRONX MAN SENTENCED IN PALISADES PARKWAY GUN, AMMO STOP Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe this week announced that 37-year-old Alfonso Cortez East 138th Street, Bronx has been sentenced to nine and a half years in state prison with two and a half years post-release supervision for illegal weapon possession charges. Cortez was convicted on […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann Like me, many of you love your dogs. They are part of our families. I have two rescue dogs that are both maltese breed named Ollie and Livvy. My entire family adores them both, although I seem to always be the one feeding and walking them. Even then, you have to […]
Ever since 1777, when New Yorkers elected Brigadier General George Clinton as the first governor of New York State, it’s hard to find a governor who could match the record established by Andrew Cuomo in ripping down thousands of signs, either because the federal government ruled them illegal, as in the case of the “I […]
By Jim Monaghan, Supervisor, Town of Stony Point It’s election time and that means political mailers are starting to arrive at our homes on a regular basis. A candidate’s record is fair game. We all should be judged honestly on our results for the people we serve. That’s why it was incredibly disappointing to see […]
BY AARON GENUTH On an emotional day in Flushing, the Mets responded to the looming end of an era with a day of inspired baseball. Or at least inspired enough to sweep a doubleheader from the Marlins, a team 10 games worse in the standings than the Mets are. Prior to the first game of […]