By Maria Mirakaj Brownsell Clarkstown’s latest Town Board Workshop meeting was very brief. The meeting opened up with the monthly police report with details of tickets, car accidents, and other police matter by Captain Anthony Ovchinnikoff. Afterwards was scheduled to be a presentation by Dan Duthie on Clarkstown Lighting District, but Duthie was a no […]
UPDATE– Sadly The Stand did not make it. It has closed after only two months in business New version of a Willow Grove Rd. tradition BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Seven years. That’s how long the deli location on Willow Grove Rd. at the Stony Point/Haverstraw border has been dormant. July 2013. That’s the month that […]
Press Statement from Clarkstown Taxpayers The Clarkstown Taxpayers has determined it cannot support the Clarkstown Preservation Society’s efforts. This decision is in light of recent events concerning the indisputable actions of political operatives, the blatant conspiratorial behaviors committed to benefit themselves and their willingness to undermine a fair election process. The decision by the Clarkstown Preservation Society to […]
Former gadfly turned political candidate Barry Berman of Garnerville has been charged by Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe with allegedly shaking down an opponent for $3,000. The DA said Berman told his opponent that he’d drop out of the race for superintendent of the Haverstraw Highway Department for the aforementioned sum. Lohud reported […]
Department of Justice proposes new standards for accessing reporters’ records The Department of Justice under Obama recently established a new set of rules governing subpoenas on reporters’ phone records in an apparent response to their controversial gathering of dozens of Associated Press reporters’ phone records. According to a response to a Freedom of Information Act […]
COMPTROLLER’S PRESS RELEASE Poor financial practices by the East Ramapo Central School District, including inaccurate budget estimates, have left the district with operating deficits for the past two years and could jeopardize future district operations, according to an audit released Friday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Sound budgeting practices ensure that a school district can fund […]