BY CHERYL SLAVIN On Monday night a standing room only crowd of about 250 people at the Stony Point Center attended a public hearing conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeking public comment about the proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) power line and the plans to […]
Fifty years since assassination Friday, November 22 marks half a century since President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dealy Plaza, Dallas, Texas at the age of 46. He is the most recent U.S. president to be assassinated or die in office. The event unquestionably was a defining moment for several generations of Americans […]
Comfortable, accessible and less noisy than the mall! There has been some shuffling of the Rockland County movie theatre deck in the past month, and for the first time in a decade, options are improving for Rockland consumers. When the Palisades Mall and its 21-theatre megaplex came to town over a decade ago, small theaters […]
By Michael Riconda New City – In a significant change from last year’s packed and occasionally tense hearings, only a handful of people turned out for a series of public hearings on Rockland County’s 2014 budget on November 19. In total, three hearings were held, with speakers’ arguments covering multiple points across all three topics. […]
BY JOHN MALONEY, The Spectator Well, it looks like Obamacare has gone to the emergency room for treatment and perhaps down the drain. That’s bad for a lot of people…The Yanks had a terrible season and that wasn’t good…The football Giants need a miracle to make the play-offs and that isn’t good…The Social Security increase […]
Pomona, NY – The Rockland County Department of Health advises residents that flu activity is expected to increase in the coming weeks. “There already have been a few cases of the flu reported in Rockland County. We advise residents to get your flu vaccine – it is the first and most important step in protecting […]