Ex-N.Y. state senate leader’s corruption conviction vacated, faces retrial On Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court threw out the conviction of former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on federal corruption charges. This ruling comes two months after the court vacated the conviction of former New York […]
Yonkers—The Dan Rooney Pace has been established to honor the memory of the late, Hall of Fame Chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers who passed away earlier this year, it was announced this week by his brother, Timothy J. Rooney, president and CEO Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway. The inaugural Dan Rooney, for a purse […]
Public hearings set for 2018 budget, tax cap override BY KATHY KAHN Three years have passed since the Champlain-Hudson Power Express came to Stony Point with its overview of the underground electric transmission cable it is laying from Montreal to Astoria. Supervisor Jim Monaghan told residents at its board meeting on September 26 that CHPE […]
The Town of Ramapo Police are currently investigating an incident of publc exposure. On Wednesday, September 20 at about 2:52 p.m. an adult female resident of Airmont (name being withheld) was walking on S. Airmont Rd. when a vehicle traveling southbound on S. Airmont Rd. stopped and its driver asked her for directions. The driver of the […]
Anthony Effaldana, a lifelong Rockland County resident won big recently at the IPE (International Professional Elite) Pro Natural Bodybuilder competition. We feature here an interview with Anthony Effaldana conducted by his own mother Kristine Koval (aka: Proud Mom) How old were you when you started this journey? When I first started actually body building, meaning not only […]
Rockland County will be safer thanks to a grant for $558,588 from the New York State Office for Homeland Security.Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland Sheriff Louis Falco signed a resolution Monday to accept the funds, which will be used for the County’s counter-terrorism teams. The state grant will help Rockland County be better prepared in […]