Five Additional Gaming Companies Agree To Remove More Than 2,100 Registered Sex Offenders’ Accounts Press Release Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman this week announced that over 2,100 additional accounts of registered sex offenders have been purged from online gaming platforms as part of “Operation: Game Over,” a first-of-its-kind initiative to protect children from predators on […]
BY BARRY WARNER The ballroom at the Patriot Hills Clubhouse was filled with many excited children and their families anticipating the arrival of ‘Santa Claus’ last week. Stony Point Recreation Supervisor Karen Ann Nigro told the Rockland County Times, “This is our second year hosting the buffet breakfast with ‘Santa Claus’ to brighten the kids’ […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE — Saturday and Sunday December 22 and 23, it’s the “Nutcracker Suite” at Westchester County Center presented by the Westchester Ballet Company. A gun show that had been scheduled at the Center in White Plains has been cancelled following the Newtown shootings. Tickets for the “Nutcracker” at 914-995-4050 or www.countycenter.biz. — […]
Before a crowd of nearly 200 family, friends, supporters, and neighbors, James Skoufis took the oath of office for the 99th Assembly District this past Sunday; Town of Woodbury Judge David Levinson presided over the swearing-in at Palaia Winery. Skoufis, whose Assembly District encompasses the Town of Stony Point in Rockland County, and the towns […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Recently at a town board meeting in Clarkstown, The Historical Society of Rockland County spoke about a property purchased by the town of Clarkstown in September of 2011. This property located on nine acres of land on Germonds Road in West Nyack is known as the Vanderbilt-Budke-Traphagen House. “This house is […]
Amedore Declared State Senate Winner ALBANY – Republican Assemblyman George Amedore has been declared the winner in the new 46th Senate District, having defeated Democrat Cecelia Tkaczyk by 39 votes.The new district will include portions of Ulster, Greene, Montgomery, Albany, and Schenectady counties. “Let’s transition from politics to governing as the people deserve nothing less,” […]
