Chestnut Ridge mom Emmy Laybourne visits the apocalypse in her highly acclaimed YA novel, “Monument 14.” Fourteen young people fight to survive a chemical disaster by sheltering in a superstore. In the process, they learn to take care of each other, learn to hope, and ultimately learn to face catastrophe with courage. Despite the bleak […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Yom Kippur controversy mars Conservative Party convention; Longo’s team and others accuse Lettre and Loeffler of anti-Semitism for holding convention on same date as Yom Kippur; derelict leaders of the Conservative Party refuse to allow press at their convention There was no floor fight at last night’s Conservative Party convention, not that […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day, a coordinated day of action to get all Americans registered to vote. So the question is, are you registered yet? With the general election coming up fast on November 6, the time to register is now. Consider, if you don’t vote in November, then it will […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF New budget among topics discussed at Tuesday’s board meeting; big meeting on Champlain Hudson Power Express to be held in Stony Point on October 23 Supervisor Geoff Finn is claiming victory in his first battle against high taxes, as his inaugural budget is set to come in below the two percent tax […]
BY LEGAL LARRY The controversial development of a parcel in Ramapo known as Patrick Farm was again the subject of recent appellate court decisions. The proposed development by the current owner seeks to build high-density, multifamily housing on 208 acres of woods off Routes 202 and 306 outside Pomona. The lawsuits challenge the findings made […]
Officials from AAA New York and AAA North Jersey called a press conference last week to mark the one-year anniversary of toll hikes by the Port Authority across all six of its bridges and tunnels. The plan, approved last year, calls for four separate toll increases by 2015. AAA officials at the conference called on […]