Dear Readers, As in the past, this column will provide you with interesting information that can include human interest stories, historical events and perspectives, happenings in the county or controversial pondering. Either my colleagues or I will author the monthly pieces and you can in turn respond with your own comments, if you choose. This […]
BY THOMAS OSSA The 21st Annual Rockland Life Chain was held on Sunday, October 6th, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm, at the intersection of Nanuet’s Route 59 and Middletown Road. Hundreds of adults, as well as youth from across Rockland County and clergy from various churches in the Rockland area were in attendance, many […]
BY JOHN THORNE The recent chemical weapons attack in Syria serves as a horrible reminder of the nature of modern warfare. The major threat to global security is now radical actors with access to weapons of mass destruction, like these chemical agents and the kind of nuclear missiles under development in North Korea and Iran. […]
BY SALLY C. PIPES The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently gifted Obamacare’s “navigator” program an additional $13 million in funding. Navigators are supposed to help Americans purchase health coverage through the new, state-level insurance exchanges. This $13 million is on top of $54 million already allocated to the program. But both eight-figure […]
BY RAQUEL OKYAY The editor-in-chief of the Rockland County Times, Dylan G. Skriloff, has energetically answered the call to action to run for Stony Point supervisor in 2013. “We have the right team of candidates in place with a concrete plan to expand our commercial tax base and help our economy grow,” said the 34-year-old supervisor candidate who is running alongside council […]
BY LEGAL LARRY This week, a State Supreme Court judge ordered the Rockland County Board of Elections to comply with the Election Law and process and count certain absentee ballots. In Matter of Perrotta, et al v. The Rockland County Board of Elections, Supreme Court Judge Robert M. Berliner found the County Board of Elections […]