BY HEATHER BARR In order to bring farming back into Rockland, which would provide many benefits to the community such as reducing our carbon footprint, there first needs to be a change in agricultural laws and the way agriculture is perceived, experts say. On Thursday, May 16, a Suburban Agriculture District Roundtable was held with […]
BY YURI VANETIK The Cyprus bailout deal is now official. Together with the International Monetary Fund, representatives from the European Central Bank and the European Commission just ratified a final rescue package totaling about $13 billion. In return, Cyprian officials are now obligated to install a broad variety of austerity measures, including financial industry reforms […]
Assemblyman Lalor and Senator Gipson announce bipartisan term limits bill In a bipartisan effort to end corruption in Albany, State Senator Terry Gipson (D-Rhinebeck) and Assemblyman Kieran Lalor (R,C,I-Fishkill) this week joined in front of the Wappinger Town Hall to introduce joint legislation that creates term limits in both the New York State Senate and […]
Though Spring Valley mayoral candidate Bernard Charles has not seen much action in the public arena as an elected official, his few actions have come under significant scrutiny. During his unusually brief tenure with the Town of Ramapo Planning Board, Charles voted on only one resolution, approving the Patrick Farm development provided it survives current […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D – Rockland) recently announced a push to stabilize student loan interest rates in the face of a looming July 1 rate increase during a teleconference and press inquiry on May 20. Lowey made the case that Congressional inaction on a rate hike will drastically […]
Memorial Day is the time for Americans to reconnect with their history and core values, by honoring those who gave their lives for the ideals we cherish.Engraved in granite at the Korean War Memorial in Atlantic City are the words of Robert Pinsky 39th Poet Laureate of the United States: Less eager than willing. More […]