Plenty of pep “talk” on new state budget

Plenty of pep “talk” on new state budget

BY KATHY KAHN Special to The Rockland Times Seeing is believing, but there was little tangible to see in the regional presentation on the state’s new budget presented in Orangetown last Friday. Local officials, along with Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D) joined Empire State Development president Ken Adams as he presented a Power Point wrap-up of […]

DOLLARS AND SEN$E

DOLLARS AND SEN$E

For investors, the future is brighter than most believe: BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services The harsh reality for investors is that low interest rates are here to stay – in my opinion for many years to come. Yes, there are some signs of strength in the US economy, but globally the […]

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ADDS SABRINA GRECO TO BOARD

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ADDS SABRINA GRECO TO BOARD

The Rockland Community Foundation has announced the appointment of Sabrina E. Greco to its Board of Directors. A lifelong Rockland County resident, Sabrina is currently the director of operations/constituent service coordinator for the Town of Clarkstown. She assists Supervisor Alexander J. Gromack in all aspects of the governmental process and, among other responsibilities, ensures constituent […]

Upper Nyack Resident & Local Business Leader Wins Prestigious Licensing Industry Award

Upper Nyack Resident & Local Business Leader Wins Prestigious Licensing Industry Award

Upper Nyack resident, Bernard Leifer, President and CEO of Hackensack, NJ-based SG Companies, has been selected by The Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA), the primary trade organization for the worldwide licensing industry, as its 2013 Licensing Industry Hall of Fame inductee. Leifer has been with the privately-held footwear and apparel manufacturer, originally known as S. […]

ATTN: SHOPPERS! PIERMONT’S ANNUAL VILLAGE-WIDE YARD SALE COMING UP

If you’ve been thinking about clearing out your garage, attic or storage bin, the Piermont Civic Association’s second annual village-wide yard sale, gives you a reason to get it done. For just $20, you can rent a 10-foot-by-10-foot space, on Saturday, May 18 (rain date May 19) in the village’s Flywheel Park. Last year the […]

SHOCKER: Something All Facebook Users Should Know

BY DAVE BUDGE, CALGARY HERALD “Anyone else getting sick of these daft posts?” my “friend” Chardon asked. This was on Facebook a while back. That’s why I put “friend” in quotation marks. She was talking about an annoying trend: posts showing up on Facebook news feeds, saying something like, “Name a city without an ‘R’ […]

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