TIMELINES 12/15/16

TIMELINES 12/15/16

  Carlucci Pushes for Holiday Decoration Warnings to Protect Children State Sen. David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced legislation on Weds. Dec 14 that would put warning labels on holiday decorations containing lead. The New York Dept. of Health reported over 100 children in Rockland and Westchester counties were positive for elevated lead levels in 2012. Studies […]

Monaghan meets with North Rockland Chamber members

Monaghan meets with North Rockland Chamber members

BY KATHY KAHN Stony Point’s 15,000+ residents want to see more rateables and lower taxes, but how to achieve a balance most can agree on was the topic for its Chamber’s February 17 meeting at Lynch’s Restaurant. New Supervisor Jim Monaghan, former NYC Police officer and 25-year resident of the town, came to meet members, […]

Writing Dreamers Workshop Takes Off in Haworth

Writing Dreamers Workshop Takes Off in Haworth

BY JAMES BERNICK Ever dreamed of seeing your story made into a movie? Three local screenwriters with Rockland County ties completed a series of screenplays and are working on an independent project all created with the purpose of bringing new and exciting films with positive energy to the big screen. Aspiring screenwriters Michael Koontz, Catherine […]

RCT SPECIAL REPORT: MISSLE, SPACE, INTELLIGENCE CENTER – Future of Warfare

RCT SPECIAL REPORT:  MISSLE, SPACE, INTELLIGENCE CENTER – Future of Warfare

By:  Anthony Melé, RCT Contributor   In a world where the battle-field can extend over continents with Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles [ICBMs] to shoulder fired anti air craft weapons; the mission of the Missile, Space, Intelligence Center [MSIC] at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama is to prepare our war fighters for just such a fight. “The work […]

Weather Satellites: A Critical Piece of Our Nation’s Infrastructure

By Dr. Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, Jr. Severe weather swept the country this winter. New England was recently buried under one of the worst blizzards in recorded history, while crippling snow storms shut down large portions of the Midwest. Fortunately, officials and businesses in those regions knew the storms were coming and were able to […]

TIMELINES 3/28/13

Cuomo’s Seven Round Limit on Gun Magazines to be Indefinitely Lifted One of the signature pieces of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s SAFE Act, the seven round limit on gun magazines, has been scrapped according to Senate Republicans. In a win for gun rights proponents who claimed the SAFE Act was pushed through the legislature hastily and […]