North Rockland School Board sets equalized tax rates

Note — The Journal News daily newspaper has published different tax rates than those reported in the article below, based on information provided to them by Stony Point Supervisor Geoff Finn and Tax Assessor Bill Beckman. The school district has confirmed the Rockland County Times correctly reported the numbers they district released at the special […]

Americans Shouldn’t Have to Pay for Al Jazeera’s Anti-American Propaganda

Americans Shouldn’t Have to Pay for Al Jazeera’s Anti-American Propaganda

Fishkill, NY – (8/26/13) – New York State Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill), a Marine Corps veteran of Iraq, is calling on Verizon, Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network to drop the notoriously anti-American, anti-Semitic and misogynistic Al Jazeera from their basic cable packages. Lalor is calling for a boycott of the television providers if […]

Fugitive Alert! North Rockland told to be on the Lookout

Fugitive Alert! North Rockland told to be on the Lookout

  UPDATE: Shear has been located in South Carolina According to State Police fugitive Victor Shear, accused of armed robbery of an upstate bank earlier this week, may be hiding in North Rockland or Orange County. Police say Shear should be considered armed and dangerous. He is 5’6″ and 135 lbs, with blue eyes and […]

Germonds Park Mini-Golf Course reopened for the first time since Sandy

Germonds Park Mini-Golf Course reopened for the first time since Sandy

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Bardonia – For the first time since Hurricane Sandy, the miniature golf course at Germonds Park in Bardonia is accessible to the public. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on the evening of August 16, after which the public was invited to a free round of miniature golf from six to eight p.m […]

Stemming “Graduation Relocation”

Stemming “Graduation Relocation”

Moving on –literally– is mantra of 21st century graduates BY KATHY KAHN Educators in the halls of higher learning aren’t living in ivory towers—more than ever, they are aware good relations with the business and non-profit community are essential. A bevy of private college CEOs from across the mid-Hudson gathered at Mt. St. Mary College […]