New City, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day ordered all County Flags to be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, July 7, 2019, out of respect for long-time Rockland resident and Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning novelist Toni Morrison. “Rockland County mourns the loss of this wonderfully talented soul,” said Day. “Having called Grandview-on-Hudson home for […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The marvelous Betty Winstanley died recently, just shy of her 98th birthday in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She died in the captivity of a court-sanctioned guardianship that haunted her final years. Her life never should have ended this way. Winstanley was an elegant, eloquent, remarkable woman. In an era when women were undereducated, […]
By Hector V. Barreto The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement would benefit Latinos in various ways. 1. The agreement requires the Mexican government to protect workers’ right to unionize. The government must enforce regulations on working hours, minimum wages, and worker health and safety. To ensure the success of these provisions, USMCA requires Mexico to establish a […]
Maria Herrera and her family became the beneficiaries of much needed assistance that was made possible through the collaboration of Immigrant Hands, Inc. and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Spring Valley. Immigrant Hands, Inc., is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to helping immigrant families. Immigrant Hands currently runs the Immigration Office located within […]
Acting Rockland County District Attorney Kevin Gilleece today announced that Nicos Dinkins (DOB 07/20/88) of 57 West Hickory Street, Spring Valley, New York was convicted after a jury trial of: • Four counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree, class “D” Felonies Dinkins was charged in connection with the possession […]
Local film makers dominate the 8th annual film festival with a visual feast of subjects and story lines. We open and close with Christopher “Kit” Lukas‘s feature film, Pete Seeger’s Legacy, If I Had A Hammer 90 mins. Unlike previous Seeger films, this shows the music from the earliest banjo hoe-downs to Seeger’s political songs. There is also rare […]