By Rockland County Executive Ed Day A new year is approaching and I couldn’t be happier about my plans for the first day of 2018 – I will be taking the solemn oath of office to serve as your County Executive for another four years. I am humbled by this honor, which tops a […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Nyack’s Neil Berg is presenting 100 Years Of Broadway from December 18th to December 31st at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford with a cast of several Broadway stars, including Rita Harvey, Craig Schulman, Lawrence Clayton, Catherine Brunell, William Michale, Rebecca Pitcher and Danny Zolli. The show on New Years Eve will be a celebration of 2018. Contact […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Terror attacks on American soil, mass murders in church, widespread serial sexual assaults, unwarranted police shootings, continued gang activity in major cities, nationwide political schisms — 2017 news headlines were both frightening and disheartening. Will 2018 be any better? The truth is it depends on us — all of us. First, to […]
BY ZACHARY JACOMOWITZ Hello, Rockland County! I hope that if you celebrated, you had an enjoyable Christmas. Now with the New Year quickly approaching, it’s time for the all-important New Year’s Eve forecast! Friday: Very cold with mostly cloudy skies. A few flurries are possible. High near 18° after a morning low near 5°. Chance […]
STONY POINT-Xavier Urena, 34, listed by police as ‘currently homeless,’ was charged last week with burglary in the second degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth following a home burglary and possession of a controlled substance. Stony Point detectives made the arrest shortly after receiving a report of […]
BY E.J. McMAHON Founder and research director, Empire Center You don’t have to be a fan of the federal tax deal to realize its impact on states like New York has been misrepresented by most of its leading political critics. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, for example, last week claimed the bill “raises middle-class taxes.” Wrong. Even […]