Charles Family Receives First Taste of Justice after Waiting 17 Years

Charles Family Receives First Taste of Justice after Waiting 17 Years

Arrest made in 1994 cold case, the shooting of Rene Charles BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It was 17 years in waiting but the Spring Valley cops finally got their man, Daniel Jean Baptiste, a 68-year-old Spring Valley resident, was arrested on second degree murder charges last week for the shooting of local community leader Rene Charles […]

One door closes, another opens in Chestnut Ridge

BY CAROLYN JOHNSON I recently wrote about how disheartening it was to see many small businesses closing in a strained economy. Within days of writing that article, I heard wonderful news: two renowned yogis are opening a yoga studio in the same area where a beloved local store had closed. I recall the adage, “one […]

Haverstraw Adopts 2012 Tax Rates

Concerns of NYS Open Meetings Law raised during meeting; Supervisor Phillips says Lynn Teger should apologize BY KOREY WILSON The Town of Haverstraw held a special meeting Wednesday morning to adopt the town’s 2012 tax rates.  The only public notice of this meeting was placed on the Journal News website the day before. Lynn Teger, […]

Gary Johnson will be Seeking Libertarian Nomination for President

Gary Johnson will be Seeking Libertarian Nomination for President

Gary Johnson will quit the Republican primaries and seek the Libertarian Party nomination instead. The former two-term governor from New Mexico claims he’s been “shafted” by the GOP in spite of his status as being a popular and successful governor of a state and a resume that included budget cuts, a balanced budget and economic […]

Gun Lobby Rebuts Schneiderman and Gillibrand Claims

The Shooter’s Committee on Political Education (SCOPE) of New York says that the recent raids on gun shows by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the subsequent legislation proposed by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are not entirely legitimate. SCOPE leader Stephen J. Aldstadt said, “Despite what the news reports are saying, none of those arrested where dealers, none of them […]

Calls Growing for Attorney General Eric Holder to be Impeached and Tried for Perjury, Other Crimes

Calls Growing for Attorney General Eric Holder to be Impeached and Tried for Perjury, Other Crimes

Over 60 Reps, two U.S. Senators and every Republican presidential candidate wants Holder’s resignation; Congressman Ron Paul among those who also wants Holder tried in court BY DYLAN SKRILOFF In 2009 and 2010 ATF agents, operating under the authority of the U.S. Department of Justice, funneled weaponry through straw buyers to Mexican drug cartels, with […]