BY MICHAEL JACOBS Ah…. The magic mushrooms, also known as just ‘shrooms’ – the kind, legend has it, that the pizza chain Mellow Mushroom used to put on top of their pizza. Just what are these hallucinogenic fungi and how do they affect the body? Can they be taken in a way besides being eaten? […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day As soon as the snow stopped falling after last week’s blizzard we began making plans to get county buses back on the roads. We understand how important those buses are to the nearly 10,000 people who ride them every day. Those riders depend on the buses to get […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It was among the oddest email requests I ever got. It said: “Please visit: MyShipwreck.com. The blog will either interest you or not.” I was instantly fascinated with the postings from someone calling himself Captain Shipwreck. The man behind the blog is Mark B., and he’s currently serving a 17 1/2-year sentence […]
What Are The Pros And Cons Of Each? BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT The choice of purchasing either a condo or coop will first depend on the availability and affordability of comparable properties of each category located in a convenient part of Rockland for commuting purposes as well as proximity to shopping, good schools (if necesssary) […]
To the Editor, I read the article regarding Realty Teams bombarding Stony Point. I live on Lea Court in Garnerville. I received the attached, unwanted and intrusive letter in my mailbox today. The envelope had no return address or I would have tossed it without looking. Our neighborhood has been harassed as of late […]
BY DIANE DIMOND When our Founding Fathers established the framework for this country, they were careful to limit the powers of the federal government. As James Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers, the federal government’s primary and central job is to “provide for the common defense.” As the nation matured, the role of the federal […]