Congressman Lawler (NY-17) is working to reverse a recent change in federal policy that has left many New Yorkers with a much higher tax bill. On Monday, Lawler took the first steps toward realizing his campaign promise to dismantle the S.A.L.T. cap put in place by former president Trump, which limits the amount of state […]
This coming Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. As we all know, Dr. King was a Baptist minister, born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. Sadly, he was cut down by an assassin’s bullet on April 4, 1968. I once heard it said that we have two things of which […]
During the early hours of Monday January 9th,  the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the County Sewer District reporting that a worker recovered what appeared to be a human fetus from a catch drain at the Pascack Pumping Station located at #169 Convent Rd in Nanuet, NY. The pumping station is “checked regularly”, […]
On Monday December 26, U.S. Representative and Rockland native Mondaire Jones (D-NY) applauded the passage of the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill, which includes nearly $29 million in Community Project Funding (CPF) for 15 different projects across New York’s 17th Congressional District. The bill was passed in the House today and now goes to […]
For any artist, a healthy mix of passion, creativity and communication is important and necessary ready to tell their truth to the world. Local Valley Cottage artist Elaine Schloss has held a passion for art since the first time she held a paintbrush, and her ever evolving love for the medium has helped her to […]
On Thursday, December 15, a phone called was received by New City Elementary School staff, in which an unidentified individual stated there was a bomb in the school. The phone call abruptly ended and the Clarkstown Police Department was notified. As the initial responding officers arrived on scene they observed students already being evacuated from the building and […]