BY MICHAEL RICONDA Spring Valley – Ultra-Orthodox students attending the United Talmudical Academy in Spring Valley gathered on July 10 in a large demonstration to protest recent changes to Israeli law removing armed service exemptions for yeshiva students. Elementary and middle school-aged students assembled in lines, holding signs and banners denouncing the state of Israel […]
Bear is an adult German Shepherd/Chow mix that came to Bergen County Protect & Rescue Foundation as a stray on Christmas Eve 2012. He was tied to a tree and left for dead. If it were not for BC Protect & Rescue volunteers, he would have gone to a local high kill shelter to be […]
Moreland Commission given broader powers to combat corruption The Moreland Commission, a body recently assembled by Governor Andrew Cuomo to investigate corruption, has recently been given new powers to assist in its investigations. With a recent alliance between Governor Cuomo and State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, other Commission members may be named deputy attorney […]
Correction: the initial article stated the $50,000 grant was for bathrooms at the RHO Building, which was the 2013 CDBG grant. However, the $50,000 on hold is for Kirkbride Hall, which was the 2012 CDBG grant. BY CHERYL SLAVIN Tuesday night the Stony Point Town Board handled several important pieces of business before adjourning after […]
Dear Mr. Weissmandl: As a representative of many East Ramapo School District families at the County level of government, I am writing you regarding the much publicized incident of July 2nd, 2013 where a contracted attorney, Mr. Chris Kirby, Minerva & 0′ Agostino, P.c., 107 South Central Avenue, Valley Stream, NY repeatedly engaged in a […]
Senator David Carlucci today will call on the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to formally reject a bid by United Water to hike utility bills on its customers and instead go back to the drawing board. Under the proposal, customers would be saddled with a $144 dollar annual increase in their water bills, a sharp […]