Not in effect for Rockland until September 9 Very soon, more than 2.6 million New Yorkers who receive the School Tax Relief exemption will need to re-apply as part of the state’s efforts to combat fraud within the system. This week, the State Department of Taxation and Finance began mailing letters to homeowners, providing instructions […]
On Friday, August 23 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan was found guilty on all 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. On Wednesday, August 28 Hassan was sentenced to death. During the trial Hasan took ownership of his actions and justified them by his belief in jihad. By all accounts […]
9At a recent Rockland Economic Development Corporation (REDC) Board of Directors meeting, the board unanimously approved the appointment of Dr. Donald T. McNelis as a director emeritus, joining Dr. Karim A. Abood, Burt Steinberg and Alan Yassky. For a quarter century, 1970-1995, Dr. McNelis was synonymous with St. Thomas Aquinas College. In 1970, he was […]
BY DENNY WIGGERS Hello Rockland County! Denny here and boy, fall is getting a jump on us already! The next couple of weeks are going to be busy with your home and getting ready for crisp cool weather. So one of the subjects in line is tree pruning. Like a yearly check up, your trees […]
Lisa Dosch of Nyack has won again at the 2013 NJ State Fair, that’s two years in a row. Lisa‘s blueberry cheesecake won first place in the blueberry contest; her plain cheesecake won first and her coconut cheesecake won second in the cheesecake contest; and her perfect pecan pie bars also won first place in […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN TO EVE Not spring but fall’s gossiping promises the world another chance. Not coos of April in her green bodice but October’s orange change of life hardens seeds, fattens geese, firms flesh of pickerel and perch, glazes an ice bridge across the lake, locks jaws of mosquitoes and gnats, sews pockets in […]