BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL After starting off on a happy note with an awards ceremony, this week’s Clarkstown Board meeting ended off with many sour-faced residents getting under the skin of Supervisor Gromack and the board. The 2012 Clarkstown Pride Awards were given out at the board meeting on February 5. The awards are given […]
Public Service Announcement from United Water United Water is advising customers to be aware of phone scams from individuals pretending to be company employees. “A few customers have advised us that they received questionable calls,” said Michael Pointing, general manager and vice president of the United Water New York Division. In the first instance, an […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The Rockland County Legislature convened on February 2 to discuss various matters, paying particular attention to a contentious resolution, which fills a potentially unfair gap left by a technicality of law. Following an occasionally tense debate over the fairness of the measure, the vote was almost unanimous, with Legislator […]
Senator David Carlucci will host his Veterans Advisory Committee meeting next Thursday (Valentine’s Day), February 14 from 10 a.m. – noon. The event will be held at the VFW Ramapo Post 2973, 16 Ramapo Road, Suffern. Among the topics that will be discussed includes Senator Carlucci’s “Jobs for Heroes” legislation in the Senate. The bill, […]
PHOTOS BY TOM MCGUIRE (some content from www.midhudsonnews.com) John Corcoran, John Fox and all the guys and gals were at it once again, pulling off the 14th annual Stony Point Seals Polar Plunge event without a hitch this Super Bowl Sunday. Some 300 seals took their annual Polar Plunge into the Hudson River at the […]
Jimmy McNicholas was born and raised in Garnerville, and attended St. Gregory Barbarigo, Albertus Magnus, and RCC. He was a son, a brother, an uncle, and a friend… until he was killed by a hit‐and‐run driver in Pearl River on May 31, 2009. Let’s not forget this kind Rockland man whose killer has still not […]