Carl Sets the GOP Straight: The Paladino Letters, Episode 121

To the Editor, Many years ago William Ernest Henley, in the poem Invictus, wrote that we are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls. Republicans must heed that wisdom today. The Cuomo SAFE Act infringement “big mistake” has given Republicans an enormous opportunity to capture and use the wave of outrage it […]

Clausland Mountain Fire Threatens Homes

Clausland Mountain Fire Threatens Homes

Flames creep toward Orangeburg houses, embers hit homes on Tweed Boulevard BY BILL DEMAREST CLAUSLAND MOUNTAIN – The brush fire that swept up the west side of Clausland Mountain all afternoon and night on Thursday this morning began to threaten homes on both sides of the mountain. Orangeburg volunteer firefighters were called out early this […]

Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor, Assemblyman Steve Katz, Local Educators and Parents Discuss Common Core Standards at Assembly Minority Education Forum in Wappingers Falls

PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN KIERAN MICHAEL LALOR Fishkill, NY – (11/13/13) – Assemblymembers Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I-Fishkill) and Steve Katz (R,C,I-Yorktown) today joined educators, local officials and parents at a New York State Assembly Minority Forum on Education at Van Wyck Junior High School Auditorium in Wappingers Falls. In response to concerns from parents and students, […]

New York Court of Appeals to decide on Jana Winters case

The New York State Court of appeals is set to decide whether Jana Winters can be compelled to testify in a Colorado court in a case which could have far-reaching consequences for the field of journalism. Winters’ legal conflict began when when she published a notebook Aurora theater shooter James Holmes sent to a psychologist […]

Stony Point Councilman Jim McDonnell Named Grand Marshal of 2014 Rockland County Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Pearl River

Stony Point Councilman Jim McDonnell Named Grand Marshal of 2014 Rockland County Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Pearl River

The grand marshal of the 2014 Rockland County Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Pearl River is Jim McDonnell of Stony Point. In addition to serving as councilman and former zoning board chairman in his town, McDonnell is well known for being “involved with everything Irish,” according to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, sponsors of the […]