BY MICHAEL RICONDA The New York State Assembly passed a two year extension to an already existing moratorium on hydraulic fracturing on March 7, a move which has elicited strong feelings on both sides of the divisive debate and throws the fate of the practice into question. The measure aims to prevent the extraction of […]
BY ANTHONY MELÉ The New York SAFE Law offends the spirit and word of the US Constitution. The Bill of Rights will cease to exist if we permit it to be rewritten by knee jerk reactionaries and political opportunist seeking to centralize power in a government of the few. The US Constitution will be relegated […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With corned beef and cabbage and Irish lamb stew and soda bread on the menu, it was Irish Forever Night in Elmsford, as Cooney and his group capped a matinee performance with an evening of fun, mostly Irish music. Cooney and his band rocked the hall with Sweet Molly Malone, Dear […]
Piermont will be holding its second annual Easter Egg Hunt for children at 10 a.m. sharp, Saturday, March 30, in the village’s Parelli Park (across the parking lot from the library). Parents are encouraged to sign up early for the Piermont Civic Association sponsored affair. The fee is $5 a child, or $10 a family. […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – St. Peter’s Passion Players present 33rd annual performance of the Passion of Our Lord at St.Peter’s school gym March 15 at 8 p.m., March 16 at 7:30 p.m. March 22 at 7:30 p.m. and March 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets and information at the Rectory, 845-429-2196. – April 18 at […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – In a unanimous decision, the county legislature’s budget & finance committee approved a memorializing resolution calling on the state legislature and governor to resolve problems with the state’s chargeback system for community colleges at its March 12 meeting. The resolution came in response to Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) […]