Towns all over the county are undergoing their reorganization meetings, and our only regret is we could not attend them all. The Orangetown Town Hall was a patriotic affair to be sure, beginning with the red white and blue as Boy Scout Troop #55 and Cub Scout Pack #55 Color Guard presented the colors. U.S. […]
New Social Media Guardrails A Great Start Two weeks ago New York State tagged new laws and provisions adding to the recent steps acknowledging the harmful effects of social media on the anxiety, depression and general mental health of our kids. The new ‘warning-labels’ do a great deal in the goal to shift the social-media […]
Ten years ago this week, Rockland County residents defeated a desalination proposal by Suez Water, the world’s second largest water company. On December 17th, 2015, the New York State Public Service Commission (the PSC) ordered Suez to abandon plans to desalinate water from the Hudson River for Rockland’s drinking water. The landmark David & Goliath […]
On December 8th, Mayor Joe Rand announced his candidacy for the New York State Senate, District 38. “I am a local mayor, where the job is solving problems and getting things done, not playing politics,” Mayor Joe Rand said. “I have also seen firsthand how not having a voice in the State Senate Majority holds […]
Senator Bill Weber, Assemblyman Aron Wieder, Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny, and Congressman Mike Lawler have announced the passage of landmark legislation establishing the Orangetown Preservation Fund. The law, recently signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, authorizes the Town of Orangetown to create a Community Preservation Fund to protect open space and preserve natural resources. First […]
It has been announced that, effective immediately, Rockland and several other Hudson Valley offices are being forced to cancel their naturalization ceremonies. This order has come from the NYC Office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, and is a federal order from the Trump administration. A naturalization ceremony is the final step […]