BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services This is about the time of year that I see investors breaking the New Year’s resolutions they formulated in September or October and committed to with solemnity in December. These are the worst kind of broken promises because, ultimately, the person you are hurting most is […]
BY JARED RODRIGUEZ I was lucky to have known all of my grandparents and three great grandparents. My greatest memories from childhood were in visualizing the amazing stories they told me. Over and over I asked them to describe the world back then. I heard about the glowing storefronts in Haverstraw, the trolley cars in […]
BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE I’d like to begin by talking about a letter I received from a reader responding to my idea that school taxes should be paid by all. The letter stated, “Armand Miele isn’t concerned for renters.” I could never forget renters. I was a renter for many years before I could […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The scene: Flashing police lights and officers pull over a suspect van. Two thieves are found inside along with cartons of stolen electronics and computers. The scene: A bare-bones apartment where police respond to a domestic dispute. After calming the situation, they discover a horde of stolen jewelry and expensive Rolex watches. […]
BY ANTHONY MELE The Chinese Year of the Dragon is also an American election year. An ancient Chinese wisdom says: “If we don’t change our direction, we’re likely to end up where we’re headed.” The mythical dragon in Chinese lore can bring good fortune or misfortune. The metaphor is applicable to us as a nation […]
School administrators reveal their fascist streak again as student is accused of “bullying” for submitting editorial to school newspaper BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The thought police are stepping up their patrols and adding “bait and switch” to their tactics. Toward the end of 2011 unacceptable bullying by school administrators came in separate incidents in Massachusetts and North Carolina, […]