Rockland Youth and Professionals Come Together to Plan for Sustainable Communities in Rockland How do we build economically and socially vibrant communities we where we will want to live and work? How can we plan for development that addresses the critical need to conserve water, save energy, and reduce the fossil fuel emissions that are contributing […]
To the Editor, It’s so sad and deplorable that Donald Trump feels compelled to resort to such mean-spirited and sophomoric name-calling, an activity that only demeans the office he holds. Can you think of another president that has ever stooped to such a low level of incivility? Here is but a smattering of the vitriolic […]
BY SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI On Tuesday, I heard on the radio a report, both tragic and familiar: there was another school shooting. This time, it was in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. I heard a radio host describe how afraid she is to raise her son in a world where school shootings have become regular news. […]
Colleagues at the Pfizer Pearl River site held a silent auction recently to benefit People to People of Nanuet, N.Y., and United Way of Rockland. Dozens of colleagues donated items, some of them handmade, and many others placed bids on the wide variety of items available. Pfizer turned over the amount of the winning bids […]
To the Editor, Under the guise of the now popular American phrase “inclusion,” student leaders at a California high school in Ramona, California have banned our country’s National Anthem from being played at school events and rallies. An associated student body in the San Francisco Bay area has labeled the “Star-Spangled Banner” as racist, and blacklisted the song […]
The Stony Point Seals’ Polar Plunge founder John Fox and his buddies to start the town’s annual fling into the frigid surf off the town’s Hudson River coastline 19 years ago. This year, however, may be the last year the Stony Point Seals can call its annual event a “polar plunge.” To the surprise of […]