FROM SLOATSBURG VILLAGE Many people have heard faint rumors of the Bakken oil boom in western North Dakota, with Williston, ND officially dubbed as Boomtown, USA. The Bakken rock formation is being hydraulically fracked for oil that the U.S. Geological Survey expects could ultimately produce some seven billion barrels. Millions of gallons per week of unrefined, […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN On the sparkling Saturday morning of May 17 a crowd of past and present Stony Point and Grassy Point residents turned out in Vincent Clark Park to witness the rededication of the original cast iron Penny Bridge plaque. The event was hosted by the Schassler and Phillips families who had kept the […]
THE ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Former HUD secretary and current governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, continues to accuse his GOP gubernatorial competition, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, of backing discrimination against minorities because Astorino is fighting a HUD plan to overrule local zoning laws in Westchester. Now, Astorino is receiving back-up from some Westchester County African […]
Veteran “wait list” scandal grows to more hospitals; Rockland officials agree VA Secretary Eric Shinseki must be held accountable BY MICHAEL RICONDA The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs has been rocked by scandal after a whistleblower revealed the existence of secret wait lists at veterans’ hospitals which delayed services and might have even produced fatal […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL Tuesday night, Clarkstown had a workshop meeting packed to the brim with residents. The main purpose of that meeting was for a discussion to take place about the possible sale of the Middlewood Senior Complex. The understanding was that it would be an opportunity for questions to be answered about different directions […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NYACK – Allies of the ongoing project to build a skate park at Nyack’s Memorial Park have some big help coming from none other than one of the foundational acts in punk rock. The Misfits, an iconic punk band who helped establish the horror punk genre, will play the Nyack Center on […]