BY DIANE DIMOND Global Positioning Satellite systems can pinpoint our location no matter where we are in the world and tell us precisely where to turn to get to our destination. U.S. satellites monitor just about anything on earth — from the path of a forest fire to the route of a convoy of trucks. […]
Dear Editor, How words can fool us! We’re likely to learn it the hard way. Times are hard. Prices are high. Income is low. You’re falling behind on your home mortgage. No problem, some agency says.There’s such a thing as a mortgage modification. We’ll work with the bank to lower the payments. Here’s the chance […]
To the Editor, June has been an interesting month for Hi-Tor. Three articles in different local newspapers detail conflicts between the Hi-Tor Board of Directors and the volunteer group Rebuild, which has vigorously been dedicated to raising funds for a new animal shelter for the past two years. The current Hi-Tor BOD president claims Rebuild […]
Open Letter from Rocklander to Governor Cuomo & Commissioner King: Thank you for your recent decision assigning a state fiscal monitor, Hank Greenberg, to the East Ramapo Central School District. The situation for the public school children is dire. Besides two public schools (Colton & Hillcrest) being closed and sold/rented while enrollment has actually been […]
Announcement from Chris Day campaign for Congress Chris Day: “I’m very proud that the Rockland County Building and Construction Trades Council, an association of private sector local unions from Carpenters to Steamfitters to Electricians and everything in between, saw fit to give me their endorsement for the election this November. “The leadership of this group […]
BY DIANE DIMONDÂ As the coroner’s van took away one of the bodies, I walked toward the bloodied sidewalk outside Nicole Brown Simpson’s condo. I’ll never forget what I saw that day. Law enforcement had come and gone and left behind only some strips of yellow police tape. It might have been 20 years ago, […]