Reclaim New York offered the following statement in reaction to the state legislature’s joint hearing on taxes in the Governor’s budget proposal: “If New Yorkers put any stake in the governor’s “middle-class tax reform” promises from his State of the State tour, the Legislature’s hearing today shattered that. It was like watching the wolves decide […]
A ribbon-cutting was held in December to open the Ellen Nodelman Creativity Center/STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) Lab. Thanks to the new lab classes at RCDS now have the tools to design, prototype, build, and innovate! Interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving and changing the way students think about issues/problems are the hallmarks of design […]
BY DR. ANDREW J. SMITH I have been thinking of where to do my next installment so driving through Sloatsburg recently I thought of Rhodes’ Tavern on Route 17. It is owned by Tyler Rhodes who is known far and wide for his support for the men and women in blue so I decided on […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The self-proclaimed “King of Spring Valley” had a really bad week in the Rockland County Supreme Court. It started when Village of Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme was ordered to repay the village for the purchase of a 2014 Ford vehicle, which a judge ruled the mayor bought in violation of a New […]
The Clarkstown Police Department regrets to announce the passing of retired police K9 “King,” longtime partner of PO Bob Reilly. King passed away last Thursday. He had retired in 2016 after eight years of “exemplary” service to the Department and to the Town of Clarkstown. “King” was an 11-year-old German Shepherd born in the Czech […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Drivers honked and waved as they passed South Franklin Street and Clinton Avenue, where members of Preserve South Nyack gathered the Raymond G. Esposito Memorial Trail. The group is concerned about a spur connecting the trail to the new bridge’s shared use path and its implementation. “They talked about putting a paved […]