BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE Rockland County citizens wake up! It’s not too early to think about election season. Which candidates are ready to practice fiscal responsibility and face our problems head-on? And which ones are probably just going to pass the buck again? Remember, you can’t go by words alone. You have to look […]
BY PAMELA D. STERN Munich 11’s 40th anniversary is approaching soon and some people don’t even realize what Munich 11 is and was. Munich 11 was when 11 Israeli athletes went to the Olympics in Munich and were killed by a terrorist group (Black September) which happened on live TV. Much like the terrorist attacks which […]
BY ANTHONY MELE Rockland County’s credit rating was recently downgraded again to one degree above Junk Bonds. In other words, our credit rating is near worthless. Rockland County could not walk into a car dealership and buy a car or put a Pea Coat in Macy’s on lay-away till next Christmas. The people who were […]
The county’s unannounced project to revamp their shoddy website has concluded. No longer is the impossible-to-remember address “http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/” used for the site. Now the far simpler and more user-friendly http://rocklandgov.com is the place to go. The new site features “popular searches” on the front page as well as a news ticker. Departments of the government […]
Some say, “Always blame the mother.” But at least once a year the person who brought you into this world ought to be celebrated and pampered. After all, without her there’d be no “you.” So spoil your mother this Sunday and celebrate all she’s done for you. Here is a collection of 10 ideas to […]
PENSION ABUSE CLAIMS ON THE RISE IN ROCKLAND BY LEGAL LARRY New York State has one of the largest public pension funds in the world. In fiscal year 2011, the State had a total of 970,756 active and retired members of the pension fund. The public pension fund currently totals $132.5 billion. While the public […]