SPRING VALLEY – After weeks of tension over the fate of Spring Valley’s summer camp program, there might finally be a resolution. On Thursday, State Supreme Court Judge Gerald Loehr ordered Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme to comply with a July 2 Village Board resolution re-opening the summer camp after the mayor’s dismissal of Youth […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day This week, I vetoed legislation I had hoped would make this organization more responsive to our residents. The plan was to reform Rockland County’s 30-year-old charter. The current County charter, which acts as a blueprint for Rockland’s system of government, was adopted in 1984 and was originally designed to […]
President Barack Obama once again confused Americans when he offered a proclamation on the Muslim holiday Eud-al-Fitr crediting Muslims with helping to build “the very fabric of our nation.” The statement came off strangely to many given the fact that the country has not had a very large contingent of Muslims at any point in […]
Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) will be continuing his “Skoufis on Your Street” events in Stony Point – a series of meet and greets that will be hosted around the district to give local residents an opportunity to interact with Assemblyman Skoufis and obtain information. The Stony Point meet and greet will be Thursday, August 7, […]
PHOTOS BY BILL WEBER Carl Wortendyke hosted GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino at his home this past weekend, helping the resurgent underdog to raise many thousands of dollars. Astorino’s challenger, incumbent Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo, has become enmeshed in a major scandal due to his alleged obstruction of the anti-corruption Moreland Commission. Astorino may have […]
Open letter from Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman (D) to Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence (D) Supervisor St. Lawrence, Last month, I hosted an open Town Hall forum in which members of the public came to offer ideas on changing government practices in Ramapo with the goal of improving transparency and responsibility. The success of that […]