East Ramapo School District on Comptroller’s radar

BY KATHY KAHN With a full house eager to hear how the state’s finances are being managed—and also just as eager to hear how New York is spending taxpayer dollars—Comptroller Tom DiNapoli spoke for 45 minutes March 19 at  luncheon held by the Rockland Business Association at The Crowne Plaza in Suffern. Proposed monitoring board […]

John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band Play at Dan Sullivan Foundation Fundraiser at Albertus Magnus H.S.

BY BILL DEMAREST BARDONIA – John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band are set to perform on April 18 at Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia as part of a fundraising event to benefit The Dan Sullivan Foundation – created in memory of the 1972 Albertus grad and New City businessman who died in 2011. The foundation, […]

75K Dormitory Authority grant will not go toward Stony Point skate park

A $75,000 state grant recently procured by the Town of Stony Point toward the construction of a skate park and a dog park will ultimately go toward only the dog park. In 2014, after lobbying State Senator William Larkin’s office, the town was able to gain the $75,000 in funds through a Dormitory Authority grant. […]

Applying Newton’s First Law of Motion to Politics

BY DIANE DIMOND Bravo and Hooray! We the American people have officially identified what’s wrong with this country. For four straight months now, the Gallup organization’s poll question, “What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?” has gotten the same answer. Respondents have concluded that it is (can I get […]