BY CHERYL SLAVIN On the blustery Sunday before Thanksgiving, members of the Orangetown Jewish Center gathered to participate in the synagogue’s annual “Mitzvah Day,” a day long event full of opportunities to engage in community service. “This is one of the best traditions of our congregation,” explains Rabbi Paula Drill. “Our community comes together to […]
New City Library prepares for trustee and budget vote; forward progress despite continued feuding BY CHERYL SLAVIN Despite the continuous sniping, sarcastic jabs and a great deal of eye rolling, the New City Library Board of Trustees managed at its regular meeting last Thursday night to agree upon the procedures to be used for its […]
Putnam Savings Bank opens first Rockland branch in New City BY KATHY KAHN Putnam County Savings Bank welcomed its board members of Rockland’s business community at its ribbon cutting in its newest branch on Monday, November 18 —its first in the county. “This is our 10th branch,” said Robert Farrier, senior vice president and branch […]
A nearly three-year impasse on a police contract has been settled in arbitration between the Town of Haverstraw and its police union. The police will receive retroactive biannual 1.25 percent salary increases dating back to July 1, 2011. The town saves some money in the deal, as the arbitrators gave police no raise between January […]
BY DERRYCK GREEN To say the ObamaCare rollout has been difficult for President Obama is an understatement. It is the epitome of a disaster. Obama has been in damage-control mode since October 1. The release of his signature legislation, the misnamed Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), has been disastrous. Bureaucratic incompetence is on full display as […]
Rockland Community Foundation creates a new fund honoring board member who dedicated himself to charitable service in Rockland County In September a legendary Rockland County philanthropist, Jeffrey Keahon, passed away after years of battling cancer. He was honored in a memorial service last week. Consequently, the Rockland Community Foundation has announced the creation of a […]