BY JACOB SCHNEIDER Clarkstown citizens were heated on Tuesday, June 7 during a public hearing over boundary lines for a new ward system established in Clarkstown. Some were angry with the town board’s desire and later decision to pass a local law giving the town control over establishing ward district boundary lines, potentially resulting in […]
Committee unanimous in its endorsements of countywide candidates BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It doesn’t appear as though there will be any primaries within countywide races for the Rockland GOP during election season 2016. At the annual County Convention last Thursday at Clarkstown Town Hall, GOP Committeemen and women unanimously endorsed candidates for Assembly, State Senate and […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE PHOTOS BY BETSY FRANCO FEENEY In the newly refurbished Tom France Theatre at Antrim Playhouse, a very talented cast does a superb job enacting the Midwestern family drama/comedy “The Rainmaker.” As the Curry family battles for survival during a terrible Depression-era drought, daughter Lizzie Curry, played by Dana Duff, fights a […]
The brand new Tallman Beach and Pool Club in Tallman Mountain State Park has opened, offering seasonal membership passes, as well as day passes for the general public. Last December, Billy Procida’s Tallman Beach and Pool Club LLC signed a 20-year lease with the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to reopen and manage the two pools. […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I’ve long said that someone was going to die because of the negligence of a slumlord who put profit above safety. Last week, it almost happened. A Spring Valley family was sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning an overcrowded apartment that had already come to the attention of the Rockland […]
New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner RoAnn M. Destito today announced a public auction for state-owned properties located in Rockland County at 8 South Madison Avenue in Spring Valley and 64-66 Church Street in West Haverstraw will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 21. Complete details, including photos, legal and reference documents, and […]