BY JANIE ROSMAN Determined to end a system that denies black and Latino voters an equal opportunity to elect representatives on the East Ramapo Central School District school board, the New York Civil Liberties Union and Latham & Watkins LLP filed a lawsuit last Thursday against the district and NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia. Eight […]
NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day is pleased to announce that the Hungry Hollow Bridge overpass in Chestnut Ridge has reopened following repairs. The bridge, which is maintained by the state Department of Transportation, reopened Wednesday to alternating one-way traffic. “We thank the state DOT and our state representatives for working to get the bridge […]
NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day today awarded the Key to the County to a Pearl River man who helped apprehend a suspected terrorist in New York City. William V. Harris IV – known as Billy – was the third Rockland County resident to receive the award, which was presented at the […]
How did this Thanksgiving Day celebration begin? The Spectator delved through some dusty history tomes and this is what can be reconstructed: Indian Chief: “Those silly guys with the black hats, white bibs and patent leather shoes have surely ruined the neighborhood.” Squaw: “They’re not too bright. Did you see how the captain smacked […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day It’s especially fitting that as my first term as County Executive comes to an end and I plan for the second, we are getting ready to turn the lights off at the Sain Building. It’s fitting because the Sain Building represents both the difficulties of our past and the […]
Yonkers Raceway has named Robert (Cammie) Haughton to the newly-created position of director of Racing. Haughton, 57, was serving as the Raceway’s racing consultant. He is a former presiding judge at both the Meadowlands and Yonkers. The son of Hall of Famer Billy Haughton also worked as assistant race secretary at Saratoga Raceway after his […]