From http://karbencopy.blogspot.com/ The advent of the 2013 political season in New York is inescapable. The Big Apple’s mayoral aspirants square off in nearly daily debates. Nassau’s Republican incumbent County Executive, Ed Mangano, is making sure to attend every little league game in his folksy campaign to fend off his predecessor, Tom Suozzi. Westchester Democrats are picking a challenger tonight for Rob […]
BY MAUREEN MOLLAHAN The bombings in Boston rocked the East Coast last week. Such a surreal event reminded all of us of September 11, and also of the Times Square bombing attempt almost three years ago. It connected people across the country and all over the world. The runners in the London Marathon wore black […]
PART I BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Back in December, numerous residents of Clarkstown attended the monthly board meeting with pins on their shirts that exclaimed, “History Matters.” After the Teaberry Port House in West Nyack was demolished, many people were worried about the fate of another historic property in Clarkstown. The Vanderbilt-Budke on Germonds Road […]
Six years in stir for local pusherman Emmanuel “Dough Boy” Quezada, age 29, of 145 Broadway, Haverstraw, was sentenced to six years in state prison this week by Rockland County Court Judge William K. Nelson. He pled guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree after being found with 10 ounces […]
The Town of Haverstraw and Rockland County Emergency Services offered a special thanks and honor to Haverstraw’s own Andrew Kolesar for his bravery in saving a fellow firefighter from a blaze in 2011. Kolesar received a Medal of Valor at a special ceremony Monday at Town Hall. He has already been named Volunteer Firefighter of […]
Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato has announced that his office will host another small business workshop on Monday, May 13, 2013 at the Allison Parris Office Building, 11 New Hempstead Road, New City from 5-7 p.m. The workshop is being presented in conjunction with the Rockland Economic Development Corporation and Rockland County Executive C. Scott […]