Estimates have gone up and down as to how many county employees will be laid off in order to (hopefully) balance this year’s budget and begin to restore the confidence of creditors. The county legislature finally voted Tuesday 14-2 to move forward with a plan to layoff 102 workers and get rid of 45 vacant […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE — Hudson Valley High School Metro awards in musical theater go to Clarkstown High School South for Duet Performance; “Hello Little Girl” by Gina Tenore and Mitchell Schneider (Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf) in “Into the Woods;” Instrumentalist, Pearl River High School, “Damn Yankees” David Aver (Bass); Musical […]
North Rockland School Board moves through agenda quickly, approves unanimously BY SARA GILBERT The North Rockland Central School district met on Tuesday, June 5 at the North Rockland High School auditorium to honor award winners, welcome new teachers, say goodbye to retiring ones and approve funding and amendments. Megan Monteith, a first-grade teacher at North […]
Neurosurgeon and Montebello Mayor Jeff Oppeneheim has endorsed businessman and noted tax-cutting Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin in New York’s 17th Congressional District (Westchester-Rockland.) “Joe Carvin is the ideal Republican candidate to challenge Nita Lowey in November,” said Dr. Oppenheim, who had previously considered running for the seat. “He is a fiscal hawk and a […]
BY ELISA TAYLOR What a treat for Rockland County residents to experience the comedic world’s A-List right here in West Nyack at Levity Live. Jake Johannsen will fly from L.A. to Rockland, a place he has never been nor heard of prior to Levity Live reaching out to him. “I am excited to experience this […]
Over 20K down the drain as taxpayers foot the bill for legal expenses in condo squabble BY LEGAL LARRY In 1968 the United States Congress passed the Fair Housing Act. The primary purpose of this legislation is to protect the buyer/renter of a residence from a seller/landlord’s discrimination. The law makes it unlawful to refuse […]