County Legislator Ed Day, a former NYPD Chief and Commander of Detectives, has been helping out at the sheriff’s department a little these days.
The New City Republican issued a press release today saying he “has formally requested that the Rockland County Sheriff’s Department review and assess the merits of procuring the cutting edge ‘Child Exploitation [...]

Now that Gov. Eliot Spitzer has announced his resignation, and that Lt. Gov. David Paterson will take over the ship of state on Monday, I’ll post a brief conversation I had yesterday with Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, who was on the GOP ticket in 2006 for lieutenant governor.
Vanderhoef often crossed paths with Paterson [...]

Does the public deserve answers from Gov. Eliot Spitzer?
Most certainly we deserve leadership. Spitzer gave a brief statement of apology this afternoon in New York City, “I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public whom I promised better.” He said he would “dedicate some time to regain the trust [...]

Are you heading to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pearl River Sunday? Be prepared: It’s going to be chilly (40 degrees predicted high) and though stepoff time is 1:30 p.m., if you forget to “spring ahead” in the early morning hours, it’s 12:30 p.m.

Think those factors will slow down the crowd that has topped [...]

What do Riverspace Arts in Nyack and the Tappan Zee Bridge/Interstate 287 Project Team have in common? Ambitious plans, great skepticism.

After attending Monday night’s Riverspace Arts discussion about a very early-in-the-stages plan to overhaul of a 4-acre area downtown, I was approached with optimistic, pessimistic and just plain skeptical comments that anything this big, this, [...]

Tough weekend for Rocklanders who drive through New Jersey. First, tolls on the George Washington Bridge (as well as the Lincoln and Holland tunnels) went up. Now, to cross the GWB during “peak times” it’s $8. (“Peak times” are weekdays from 6-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m., and weekends, noon-8 p.m.)

Also, though New Jersey’s had a [...]

You know what’s really cool? Saturday’s “What’s Really Cool” conference at 1:30 p.m. at Finkelstein Library. The event, for girls grades 7-12, is hosted by the Mental Health Association of Rockland, the American Association of University Women, the county Youth Bureau and POW’R Against Tobacco.

I was lucky enough to attend a couple years ago, and [...]

News that change was afoot at the Nanuet Mall provided little in the way of answers, but certainly raised more questions last week. (Losing Boscov’s is an answer that begs the question: Why, by whose choice, and what might go in that space?)
The Feb. 23 article states: “Simon Property Group Inc. said it would reconfigure [...]

This morning’s “summit” on the Tappan Zee Bridge and the Interstate 287 corridor took place, as scheduled at RCC. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, or a combination thereof, can stop transportation wonks, it seems.

If you go to next week’s Open Houses (see info below) hosted by the TZB/I-287 Corridor Project Team, you’ll see how [...]

My daughter and I were very interested in watching last night’s eclipse. But we weren’t interested in being cold. So, we took turns putting on coats, gloves, etc., and running outside every 10 minutes or so, and calling the other one if it was worth the view. Every time it was worth the view. Until [...]