Bitcoin is a both a digital currency and a means of electronic payment. Bitcoin is also inherently private, and while it doesn’t ensure anonymity, it certainly affords payers and payees more protection that any traditional currency ever could. It’s for these reasons that the online gambling community throughout the world has embraced Bitcoin so quickly […]
Global climate change isn’t just affecting humans. The adorable and fuzzy giant panda is also suffering from increased worldwide temperatures in more ways than one. Recently, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) down graded the panda from being endangered to now being vulnerable. Even though this is great news for pandas everywhere, these […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM STEPHANIE HAUSNER New City, NY—Councilwoman Stephanie Hausner announced Friday that she will not run for a third term and will be resigning as Chairwoman of the Clarkstown Democratic Committee. “I ran for office eight years ago because I wanted to devote my time to public service and to my community. When I […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Classical pianist Jun Luke Foster dazzled an audience at Valley Cottage Library on April 2 as part of the library’s Young Masters recital series. Before describing the details of Foster’s highly successful performance, I will first share with our readers his impressive background starting with his education at Yale University, where […]
Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato formally announced he is running for a fourth four-year term as Rockland County clerk. The announcement took place at “Joe & Joe Restaurant” in Pearl River today, Thursday, April 6 at 5:30 p.m. Piperato, a Haverstraw resident, was first elected clerk in 2005 and re-elected in 2009 and 2013. Before […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES One of the nation’s major memorials marking the 75th anniversary of the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March-one of the darkest hours of World War II-will be held here in Rockland County Saturday at a ceremony in Orangetown. The event, which is free and open to the public, is […]