Paul C. Cleary was born the youngest of six children in 1960 in Haverstraw, New York. After going to secondary school in Rockland County, he attended Manhattan College in the Bronx, where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering. He then worked in the Defense Industry, completing projects for various contractors. In 2000, he joined […]
The Finkelstein Memorial Library hosted a Zoom book discussion on the New York Times bestseller, “King: A Life,” with author Jonathan Eig and Mondaire Jones, a former Democratic representative and Congressional candidate for New York’s 17th district, last Thursday. Led by Finkelstein’s head of marketing and communications, Maria Vanessa Cipolla, and co-sponsored by Spring […]
After a contentious election season that saw many Democrat incumbents challenged at the state and federal level by an energized Republican base, a partial “red wave” of conservative voters ousted some established liberals in the Empire State and Rockland, while Democrats maintained several key offices. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (D) conceded defeat on Wednesday […]
The drug crisis is both complicated and insidious and has been growing exponentially for the past twenty years. Every year the number of deaths and overdoses rise across the country and locally despite the best efforts to combat the issue. However, despite these facts we have some reason for hope as half year statistics locally demonstrate that both […]
On Sunday, a group of Rockland residents protested the anti-choice positions of State Assemblyman and NY-17 Republican candidate Mike Lawler. Rockland County Democratic Committee Chair John Gromada released the following statement after the protest: “Despite Mike Lawler’s best effort to hide from voters, the people of Rockland are holding him accountable for his radical, anti-choice […]
CUPON is the acronym for Citizens United to Protect Our Neighborhoods. CUPON is an all-volunteer, non-political, nonprofit grassroots organization. The mission of CUPON is: • Ensure local elected governing bodies and their Land Use board members’ decisions safeguard the health and safety of all our citizens and first responders; • Ensure that Land Use laws […]