FROM EIR Now that Rep. Marcy Kaptur has reintroduced her Return to Prudent Banking Act into the Congress, a return to Glass-Steagall banking separation is back on the agenda. The number is HR 790, and it has been referred to the House Financial Services Committee. There are currently 32 sponsors. Activists have begun again to […]
PRESS RELEASE– Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty on February 16 announced that it achieved record sales in 2016 and sold more luxury, single-family homes in New York’s Rockland and Orange counties and nine Hudson River towns than its competitors. Home sales recorded by the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors’ multiple-listing service, combined with non-MLS transactions, show […]
Ramapo DWI with Child in Back Seat On February 16, the Ramapo Police arrested a 39-year-old New Hempstead woman for driving while intoxicated with a child in the back seat (Leandra’s Law). She was also charged with larceny and aggravated DWI. The Ramapo Police were investigating a larceny at a local pharmacy in Airmont. Officers […]
To the Editor, The new proposal for a data center at Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg is an enormous potential victory for Orangetown. It must be approved without delay by the town. But it’s not enough to approve this project and the zone change to a data center/office park zoning for that parcel. Orangetown needs to change the […]
BY JESSICA E. DOWNING, DVM, VALLEY COTTAGE ANIMAL HOSPITAL Many dogs and cats go through life without needing much more than an annual checkup. They eat well, get plenty of fresh water and exercise and do not need much medical care. Others however can run into health concerns that might include diseases, illness or accidents, […]
PEARL RIVER, NY, February 17, 2017 — Orange and Rockland Utilities (O&R) is offering each of its customers two free tickets to the 30th Annual Suburban Home Show at Rockland Community College’s field house in Suffern, N.Y. February 24-26. One of the largest and best attended biggest shows of its kind in the Tri-State area, the […]