Orangeburg, NY. On Tuesday, March 25, 2014, LIU Hudson at Rockland hosted a panel discussion entitled, Debunking The Myths About Working with Veterans. Professor Joe Falco, with the Department of Counseling at LIU Hudson at Rockland, moderated the event, which was sponsored by the graduate school’s Counseling Honor Society. The panelists, comprised of three Marine […]
“Two percent cap” actually changes yearly BY KATHY KAHN There’s more to the two percent tax cap than meets the eye. Introduced in 2011 and put into law in April, 2012, the two percent tax cap’s purpose was to keep school districts and local taxing jurisdictions’ budget levies limited to the lesser of two percent […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL Recent talks about the sale of town-owned Middlewood Senior Complex in Clarkstown has sparked heated arguments over motives. “Why now?” seems to be the question of many. At the town board meeting on Tuesday, April 8, resident and blogger Michael Hull presented a few questions to Councilwoman Shirley Lasker and Clarkstown Comptroller […]
From the Comptroller’s Office The state Department of Taxation and Finance ran up more than $6 million in overtime costs last year because of systemic problems with a contractor’s processing of paper returns and the department’s failure to fully assess the risks of using a new vendor and stringently monitor its work, according to an […]
On Saturday, April 5,2014 the South Orangetown Middle School (SOMS) Debate team competed in the New York City Urban Debate League (NYCUDL) Battle of the Boroughs Middle School Debate Tournament hosted by the Bronx High School of Science in the Bronx, NY. The tournament was the largest middle school debate tournament on the East Coast […]
Suffern resident honored for decades of service to village, 100th birthday Gardner Fairfield Watts received Andrew C. Haggerty Award for Outstanding Village Employee at the Suffern Village Board meeting on April 7. Watts, who celebrated his 100th birthday on April 3, has been village resident for 50 years, worked as a history teacher at Suffern […]