BY DYLAN SKRILOFF On Friday, November 2, an advertisement hit Facebook featuring a false headline underneath the masthead of the Rockland County Times paper. The fake headline directly contradicts what the paper had actually reported, reading: “BREAKING NEWS: Tom Basile will break the tax cap.” The actual headline on the website reads, “Stony Point […]
Story and Photos by Kathy Kahn As if Rockland doesn’t have its fair share of problems, one it doesn’t need is the faux pas NJ Transit imposed on its Rockland riders when it gave a 10 percent discount to its ridership in New Jersey but did not extend it to the other side of the […]
By Kathy Kahn A report released by the New York State Comptroller’s Office on October 10 blasted the handling of the bloated MTA’s record and the declining ridership on the NYC subways, which have recently added the glitzy Second Avenue Subway to its stable. Among the talking points in the October report released by the […]
By Kathy Kahn In yet another hateful attack, 11 members of the Tree of Life congregation were shot down by Robert Bowers, a deranged anti-Semitic white man, while the congregants celebrated the Sabbath at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, October 27. Bowers was shot and subdued by police and is now in custody, […]
By Barry Warner ‘All the world loves a clown,’ and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Clowns R Us Troupe loves to make people happy. Many members carry out shows and skits to bring joy and laughter to school children and people in senior centers, nursing homes, hospitals, plus assisted living residences. The Training and […]
By Joel Grossbarth An appeals Court in Brooklyn has declared a section of the Town of Clarkstown Code null and void and beyond the scope of legal authority for enactment. The Appellate Division, Second Department reversed a Rockland County Supreme Court Judge’s order upholding the legality of the Town of Clarkstown Subdivision of Lands code […]