From www.gasbuddy.com A GasBuddy analysis released today tracked trends over the last four years showing what day of the week saw the cheapest gasoline price. The analysis also provided a conclusion for what day of the week offers the lowest price, showing a wide variation of the cheapest day to get gas, but not every […]
BY BARRY WARNER On Tuesday, January 28 County Executive Ed Day presented the 2014 Buffalo Soldier Award to Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Chaplaincy Rev. Louis E. Sanders. The award has been presented annually to an outstanding African-American veteran who resides in Rockland County. Rev. Sanders served actively during Desert Storm and […]
Governor Cuomo, I write you today to express my disappointment upon hearing the comments you made Friday, January 17 on the Capitol Pressroom. Specifically, I am referring to your statement regarding those who you deem to be “extreme conservatives” having “no place in the state of New York.” Demagogic rhetoric like that has no place […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN At its meeting Tuesday night, The Stony Point Town Board unanimously passed a resolution to establish a Stony Point Town Dog Park on town property. As Councilman Jim Monaghan explained, the idea for a dedicated dog park arose during the 2013 campaign season as a response to the many requests made by […]
This week Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme again managed to attract widespread criticism, this time for his handling of Tuesday’s winter storm. Though he now denies it, it was widely reported in Rockland political circles and in local media venues that at 2 p.m. on Tuesday Mayor Delhomme ordered his DPW plow operators to go […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA In a victory for critics of the controversial East Ramapo Central School District, the state Supreme Court ruled on December 30 that the District’s prior placement of special needs children in private religious schools was illegal and had to be discontinued. In his ruling, Justice Michael Melkonian concluded the school district was […]