Former County Legislator Daniel Castricone (R) has announced his candidacy for New York’s vacant 98th NY Assembly District. The seat had been occupied by Annie Rabbitt (R) until she was sworn in as Orange County clerk last week. “Albany’s never ending tax and spend mentality is driving our economy to ruin,” said Castricone. “We are hemorrhaging […]
Predictions in April 2013 of a visit by the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) to the Hudson Valley, NY turned out to be false, but that shouldn’t stop you from checking out the heavens again this evening, Thursday, January 9. A major solar flare set off Tuesday began radiating the Earth last night and is due to […]
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast announced the January 31 retirement of MTA Metro-North Railroad President Howard Permut and the appointment of Joseph J. Giulietti as his successor. Permut has been a senior Metro-North executive since he helped found the railroad in 1983 and has served as president for more than […]
New City – In a rare case for Rockland corrections, Orangetown resident Francis Donnelly hanged himself in his jail cell on Sunday afternoon. Sheriff Louis Falco said Donnelly, who was arrested in September on robbery and weapons charges, had been processed in the standard fashion at the jail, going through screening for mental illness and […]
Electricity demand by O&R customers Tuesday broke the record for the second highest winter weekday peak in the company’s history, the company reports. Strong, frigid winds and bitter cold conspired to push electric demand on Jan. 7 to a peak of 966 MW at 7 p.m. The top winter all-time weekday peak electric demand record […]
Part 3 of a 4 part series BY CHERYL SLAVIN As the New York State Department of Education continues to develop the technological infrastructure necessary to support the application of Common Core Standards, many parents and educators have grown increasingly concerned about the impact these new technologies will have upon their students’ educational privacy. A […]