COUNTY PRESS RELEASE – Rockland County suspended Richard Brega and the Brega organizations, barring them from bidding on future contracts, and moved to end some current contracts before they expire, Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced last week. Brega was arrested by the FBI in January for allegedly falsifying municipal bus contracts with BOCES in his […]
A Legislative Column by Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,TCN-Deerpark) As we delve deeper into budget negotiations here in Albany and approach the April 1 deadline, there are many questions still to be answered. All that seems to be talked about is giving away free college on the backs of our taxpayers and allowing 16- and 17-year-old murderers and […]
A winter storm leaving over a foot of snow forced Town of Stony Point Supervisor Jim Monaghan and the Town Board to reschedule a public hearing to amend the town’s code to “Prohibit Improper Real Estate Solicitations in the Town of Stony Point.” A “no knock” law will be discussed at the new hearing date […]
BY MICHAEL JACOBS Ah…. The magic mushrooms, also known as just ‘shrooms’ – the kind, legend has it, that the pizza chain Mellow Mushroom used to put on top of their pizza. Just what are these hallucinogenic fungi and how do they affect the body? Can they be taken in a way besides being eaten? […]
McGill, Spring Valley great, dancing with Gaels MACC champ Iona College returns to NCAA Tournament Rickey McGill, the all-time scoring leader in basketball at Spring Valley High School, has taken his multi-faceted skill-set to the big-time at Division 1 Iona College in New Rochelle. McGill accumulated 1,463 points for Coach Willie Worsley’s Tigers, a total […]
High school students from Rockland County, NY have received scholarships to attend Berkeley College. Each year, these scholarships are awarded to high school seniors who demonstrate a high level of achievement. The scholarships are renewable, based on the recipient’s cumulative grade point average at the end of each academic year and continued enrollment as a […]