Maryknoll, NY-Sister Catherine Margaret Carden, MM, a catechetical trainer, local ESL program founder, and missioner serving in Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Hawaii, and New York, died July 25, 2013, at Maryknoll Sisters Residential Care IV. She was 93 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 73 years. Born on March 27, 1920, in Carbondale, […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN KIERAN LALOR In light of the latest Speaker Sheldon Silver sexual harassment cover-up, Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) is renewing his call for Assembly Democrats to remove Silver from his leadership position. “Assembly Democrats should have removed Silver long ago, but this latest revelation has to be the final […]
FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY GOVERNMENT Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell this week announced the names of seven members of the newly formed “Rockland County Health Facilities Corporation,” a Local Development Corporation (LDC) formed by Rockland County for the purpose of lessening the fiscal burdens of government with respect to the operation of the County’s […]
PEARL RIVER, NY July 18, 2013 1 p.m. — O&R has declared a company-wide Storm Watch today in anticipation of a significant thunderstorm event hitting the region Saturday afternoon. Local weather forecasters at this point are predicting that Saturday a cold front will cross the area, breaking the heat wave but also bringing strong thunderstorm […]
FROM NY GOP At their Biennial Convention in Mobile, Alabama this weekend, the Young Republican National Federation elected NYGOP Finance Director Jason Weingartner as their new chairman – the first New Yorker to hold that position in 60 years. Jason had previously served as president of the New York Young Republican Club and chairman of […]
Liberty Counsel Statement Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel Action sent a letter to every member of the United States Senate urging a nay vote on cloture regarding the confirmation of Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary. “Thomas Perez is not fit to be Labor Secretary,” said Mat Staver, Chairman of Liberty Counsel Action. “Mr. Perez’s record […]