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[...]Due to the threat of inclement weather on Saturday and the forecast of better weather on Sunday, the Richard Kavesh “friend-raiser” has been rescheduled to 2 p.m. Sunday.
It will be held at the Artopee Esplanade, right outside 100 Depew Avenue in Nyack Plaza in downtown Nyack. It should last about [...]
My colleague, Khurram Saeed, asked me to post the following information.
Richard Kavesh, the Democratic candidate in the Nyack mayoral race, will host a thank-you party for all village voters at 3 p.m. Saturday at Nyack Plaza. It will be held on the Artopee Esplanade right in front of the Depew [...]
The Dancing Under the Starts and International Food Walk will be held tomorrow in Haverstraw villages downtown.
The free dancing event will be from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. in front of Haverstraw Village Hall at 40 New Main St., and the food event, where people can try samplers at participating [...]
Crazy season has begun as campaigns gear up for primary election in September and the November general election.
In Spring Valley, mayoral candidate Bernard Charles Jr. screamed foul with he said 80 of his campaign signs were removed from the streets.
Charles claimed Mayor George Darden, who is not [...]
With Nyack Mayor John Shields stepping down at the end of his term, four Democrats have sought to take his place, forcing a competitive primary.
To supplement a candidates forum held earlier this week, the Friends of the Nyacks posted questionnaire responses from all four Democratic candidates [...]
Septemberfest, a street fair hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of the Nyacks, will take place — rain or shine — on Sunday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A large portion of Main Street will be closed for the event to let an expected [...]
Three members of Rockland’s state legislative delegation have urged Gov. David Paterson reconsider his decision to close the state police laboratory in Newburgh.
Law enforcement in Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess and Sullivan counties depend on the laboratory for analysis on evidence for criminal cases and prosecutions. The lab has serviced [...]
Kenneth Byman, a veterinarian with the North Rockland Animal Hospital in Stony Point, wanted to remind people that rabies virus was real.
The veterinarian yesterday spotted a rabies-infected stray cat.
Byman said a Stony Point resident rescued a stray cat about two or three weeks ago because it was injured. She took [...]
People in the Spring Valley community are upset about a debate in which the only non-Haitian candidate in the Democratic primary race for mayor was not invited.
Bernard Charles Jr., who is African-American, believes organizers’ decision to hold the Thursday debate entirely in Creole and not invite him was exclusionary.
The five [...]
Stephanie Hausner, who is running for Clarkstown Town Board, has been appointed the Democratic National Committee Woman for the Young Democrats of America (YDA) by Crystal Strait, the newly elected president of the YDA. Hausner will complete the remainder of of Strait’s DNC term, which expires [...]
Baile Glauber told The Journal News minutes after graduating from the Rockland Police Academy in June 2008 that she was “excited” about starting her career as a Ramapo police officer.
Glauber (pictured right) declined at the time to discuss her life even though she became [...]
Haverstraw village has scheduled a public hearing for a plan to expand a sober house on Hudson Avenue. The facility is operated by Open Arms, an agency that provides residential treatment services for newly recovering alcoholics and drug addicts.
If approved, the state Department of Mental Health would finance the renovation [...]
So it seems that the Democratic primary for town supervisor will come and go without a debate between incumbent Christopher St. Lawrence and his challenger, Bruce Levine, the Spring Valley village attorney.
Levine said he has publicly challenged St. Lawrence to a debate, but the supervisor has not responded.
St. Lawrence told [...]
Joe Cannavaro, foreman of the Haverstraw town Highway Department, had a narrow escape from a major accident this morning when he was driving on Rosman Road as part of his routine patrol.
Following a thunderous cracking noise, a gigantic tree branch fell onto his foreman truck, ripping down electric wires.
The body [...]
The Haverstraw village board will hold a regular meeting at 8 p.m. Aug. 10 at Haverstraw Village Hall at 40 New Main St., and the board will open the scheduled public hearing for a proposed affordable housing development, to be known as Murphy Manor Apartments.
But no discussion will take [...]
The Rockland County Republican Committee will hold a rally and open its 2009 campaign headquarters at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Clarkstown Plaza shopping mall in New City.
State Sen. Thomas Morahan, R-New City; County Sheriff James Kralik; and County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef will speak. They will outline their vision [...]
Rockland County turned over four surplus TRIPS buses to Clarkstown today.
Each bus has about 150,000 miles, and are “beyond their useful life…due to the the tremendous number of miles TRIPS logs each day, County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef said.
The county has replaced the buses with new ones purchased using funding [...]
It can be interesting to leaf through petitions filed to get prospective candidates on the ballot.
Petitions for a Republican ticket, which includes Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and town Justice Rhoda Schoenberger – both Democrats – on the GOP primary ballot were collected by a variety of local political veterans.
They [...]
William Sherwood, a retired state Supreme Court Justice, will announce his candidacy for Stony Point Town Supervisor at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Republican Campaign Headquarters at Colonial Plaza on South Liberty Drive, just north of Hogan’s Diner. Democratic Town Supervisor Phil Marino, whose term is ending this year, is not [...]
County Legislator Alden Wolfe, D-Suffern, has issued a press release noting he is “unsurprised” by the findings of a cancer study in the medical journal “Lancet Oncology.”
He said the study confirmed the dangers of tanning beds and their ultraviolet radiation. It pointed out that the risk of skin melanoma was [...]
Most mornings, I need to make a left turn from Viola Road onto New Hempstead Road in Ramapo.
This has proven to be a dance with danger and frustration as drivers are forced to cut off approaching cars or drive through the traffic light as it turns red. Drivers can easily [...]
There’s no argument that Sloatsburg is among the most bucolic of Rockland communities, sitting as does at the doorstep of Harriman State Park.
And so a recent interview with Mayor Carl Wright led this reporter to pine for the days when The Journal News ran a daily “quote of the day,” [...]
Nathan Oberman, a Ramapo Democratic Committee official and the town’s Receiver of Taxes, is contesting Republican Robert Romanowski’s petition to run against Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence in a GOP primary.
In an election law dispute filed in state Supreme Court in New City, Oberman also names the county’s two commissioners of [...]
In recognition of the renewed interest in the black panther(s) roving around Orangetown (and the inevitable sightings it will bring), I wanted to post a real photo Piermont Mayor Chris Sanders sent me a while ago, back when the panther was on the lip of every tongue and apparently lurking [...]
Officials from Spring Valley and the wider community this morning dedicated the new Jay Street park, located at the intersection of Jay and Division streets in Spring Valley.
Among officials in attendance from Spring Valley were: Mayor George Darden, Village Attorney Bruce Levine, Deputy Village Attorney Ryan Karben, Community Development Director [...]
Louis Mazzucca of Orangeburg submitted this photo of the Sons of Italy Rockland Lodge 2176 college scholarship awards event on June 24. The students who received the awards were Vincent Battiato, Jennifer Reynolds, Noelle DeNome, Elizabeth Rizzuto, Philip Hirsch, Luke Mennillo and Roberta Lee.
[...]Nyack is now offering free parking on Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m.
Local merchants Patti Aagaard and Marie Somos, who’ve created several collaborative business projects in Nyack, asked the village board to provide the free parking to help promote “Thursday Night Open Late.”
Merchants hope the initiative, which includes extended store [...]
This week is honor your probation officer in Rockland County. Well, if you’re lucky enough not to have such a close relationship with a probation officer, then join the county executive in honoring the work done by probation officers.
The Rockland County Probation Department is taking part in New York State’s [...]
The Haitian American Cultural and Social Organization Inc. (HACSO), will hold its 35th annual fundraising dinner on Aug. 15.
HACSO is a nonprofit in Spring Valley that provides the public with support services and assistance, including free basic health care, along with other social programs such as low-cost immigration and translation [...]
Martin Bagrosky of Thiells said he was excited when he recently witnessed the long-delayed project in Mount Ivy has finally restarted.
Bagrosky said he has been petitioning local representatives to finish the Mount Ivy renewal project, which is closely connected to the state Department of Transportation’s project [...]
Since my story about the trials of Kiladi Mutala ran in yesterday’s paper, I’ve been deluged with calls from people wanting to help the Mutalas. For those who haven’t followed the story, Mutala’s wife, Lenda, died suddenly on Dec. 23, leaving her husband and four kids bereft in more ways [...]
It’s official. County Legislator Jacques O. D’I. Michel is running for mayor of the village of Spring Valley.
The 69-year-old ordained minister joins a growing field of candidates for the Democratic primary election for the post.
He declared his candidacy on July 6 in front of Spring Valley’s Village Hall. Standing before [...]
Rockland Sheriff’s Department Senior Deputy Dennis J. Salemo just completed a training program on working civil cases, such as process serving, and enforcement of judgments, and other court orders like evictins, and mandate.
Salemo accepts certification of achievement from Chris O’Brien, executive director of [...]
Marie Lorenzini, a village trustee who is running for mayor this year, said she wanted to do something special for Flag Day, an often forgotten American holiday.
So, this year she asked to receive a U.S. flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., which she presented to the Nyack [...]
RenewHaverstraw, a newly-formed nonprofit based in Haverstraw village, is holding a tag sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 19 at Haverstraw village’s Farmers Market. The proceeds from the sale would be used to operate the group, organizers said.
The organization consists of village residents who care about Haverstraw’s current [...]
My mistake….Of course! It was Southside at the concert last year. I guess my memory was warped by the incredible number of Hermits fans who flooded the site with tributes to Peter Noone.
In any case, I hope you enjoy this year’s show.
[...]Peter Noone’s Herman’s Hermits will be performing for the second year in a row at the town’s Celebration of Liberty and Pride, an early take on July 4th festivities.
This site was jammed a year ago when the town chose Herman’s Hermits over Southside Johnny, with fans of each band rallying [...]
The CSEA’s regional health and safety inspector is due to evaluate Suffern Village Hall for a potential mold infestation on Friday.
A representative of the Rockland Department of Health was likely to be present at the time, Mayor John Keegan said this week.
One employee has complained of nasal issues that may [...]
The Rockland County Police Hispanic Society is hosting the 6th annual “Salsa into the Summer” dance fundraiser on Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Nyack Seaport, 21 Burd St., Nyack.
The fund-raiser will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County.
Tickets are priced at $30 before the fund-raiser and [...]
After more than three hours of heated discussion, the Haverstraw village board Wednesday adjourned the public hearing for a plan to build a 26-unit affordable housing development, to be known as Murphy Manor Apartments, on Samsondale Avenue.
The hearing will be reconvened during the regular board meeting at 8 p.m. Monday [...]
The Haverstraw town Zoning Board of Appeals will be holding a public hearing at 7 p.m. tonight at Haverstraw Town Hall at 1 Rosman Road in Garnerville to consider a plan to build a 90-foot cellular tower on the south side of Willow Grove Road, just west of the intersection [...]
The Rockland County Republican Committee holds its convention at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Nyack Seaport, 21 Burd St., said the party’s chairman, Vincent Reda.
The party is expected to nominate incumbent County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, who is seeking his fifth four-year term. Vanderhoef, 60, has served since 1994. [...]
The Rockland County Democratic Committee will holds its 2009 nominating convention at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Clarkstown Town Hall, 10 Maple Ave. in New City.
Aimee Vargas, the committee’s executive director, said today that the main purpose of the meeting will be to show support for [...]
Tonight at 7:30 p.m.: Riverspace is hosting a concert to benefit the theater and the Soup Angels soup kitchen. Members of the principal brass of the New York Philharmonic will be playing a one-hour concert. Prices are $12 for students, $18 for adults. Ice cream and cake reception following the [...]
Here’s more information about a forum the Rockland County Town Supervisors’ Association plans to hold next month:
ORANGEBURG — Rockland’s five town supervisors will hold a forum to allow residents to comment on Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc.’s proposal to increase its rates after the state said it would not hold [...]
Gov. David Paterson is to sign a bill today that extends unemployment benefits to 56,000 New Yorkers who otherwise would have received their last checks this week, according to reports.
Assembly members Ellen Jafffee, D-Suffern, and Kenneth Zebrowski, D-New City, have also just emailed us with more details about the help [...]
Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, D-Suffern, will hold a “Neighborhood Assembly” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Pearl River Library, 80 Franklin Ave. Residents of the 95th Assembly District can share their thoughts and voice their concerns. The district covers Orangetown and parts of Ramapo.
[...]Orangetown officials are looking for public input on what is being called the largest private development in Orangetown history.
The homebuilder K. Hovnanian plans to replace dozens of defunct RPC buildings with 575 housing units worth about $300 million when completed, according to town estimates. Nearly all the new units would [...]
Clarkstown Administrative Sgt. Harry Baumann today marked his 42nd year in law enforcement – including two years with the United Nations security force.
His longevity day didn’t turn into a party – no donuts or coffee from his colleague. He said he spent the day training and taking telephone calls from [...]
Judge Catherine Bartlett has not held court for the past two weeks and has not scheduled any cases for the next few weeks.
The Orange County lawyer, an appointed state Court of Claims judge, remains assigned to Rockland County Courthouse, but has taken time off for a medical procedure, said Judge [...]
The 29th annual Rockland County Youth Forum and Awards was held last night in Haverstraw.
Kaitlin Dinet and Justin Mathew were each presented with the Joseph A. Myers Outstanding Youth Volunteer Service Award and a $1,000 scholarship made possible by donations from local businesses and residents.
Dinet is [...]
Yesterday, Spring Valley’s Village Trustee Demeza Delhomme proudly showed three Ramapo Town Council members around the soon-to-be-finished space for the Ramapo Skills Training Center, a town-funded venture.
The interior of the skills training center, housed inside the Ramapo Cultural Arts Center (the former adult movie theater) on Main Street in Spring [...]
Thurgood Marshall, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991 and was the first African-American to join the court, is about to be recognized with a day in his honor.
Thurgood Marshall Day is set for Sunday and every May 17 that follows, following the state Assembly’s unanimous [...]
Rockland honored about two dozens emergency medical services volunteers during its 5th annual recognition awards ceremony on Wednesday night.
The ceremony coincided with County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef proclaiming May 17 to May 23 as EMS Week. Criteria and eligibility for each award were set by the New York State Department [...]
Elections in Spring Valley have tended to feature multiple candidates. This year’s mayoral election will hold to that tradition.
Already, three people have come forward to say they’ll seek top post, while the sitting Mayor George Darden has said he’s not sure he’ll run again.
Currently in the race for mayor are [...]
Two of the more controversial requests for zoning variances for yeshivas will be reviewed on Thursday by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The first is for a yeshiva with a dormitory on the former Camp Hill Road estate of the late actor Burgess Meredith, which has generated no small amount of [...]
Cash or charge?
The village of Spring Valley’s Justice Court now accepts credit cards for the payment of fines and surcharges.
The Board of Trustees voted to approve Mayor George Darden’s recommendation on the issue during a regular meeting on Tuesday night.
The board also voted 3 to 1 (one board member was [...]
The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a luminary of the civil rights movement, will be keynote speaker tonight at the 50th anniversary of the Nyack chapter of the NAACP.
Lowery — who gave the benediction at the Inauguration of Barack Obama in January (as shown in this photo [...]
The namesake of the Indian Rock shopping center in Montebello will be getting a plaque at 1 p.m. on Sunday so passersby can reflect a bit on what came before them.
The 19,000 ton granite boulder was used by native Americans as a trail marker, pointing the way to Mahwah, N.J., [...]
The Martin Luther King Multipurpose Center in Spring Valley is facing funding reductions that may result in cutbacks to its summer day care and youth employment programs.
Not only are donations from municipalities down, but private benefactors and other individuals are feeling the pinch too.
So the center’s [...]
The Town Board has decided after public hearings that its planned affordable condominium development off Twin Avenue will not significantly impact the environment.
Spring Valley, though, continues to be opposed to the size of the project – 132 units – as too large and Village Attorney Bruce Levine had asked the [...]
The Tuesday, April 21, Ramapo Planning Board agenda includes public hearings on a proposed school and dormitory, a rabbi’s residence, and subdivisions ranging between two and six lots.
Among the larger subdivision proposed is one off the east side of Remsen Avenue in Monsey, where Elazar Steinwurtzel plans to leave two [...]
Yankee Stadium in the Bronx is more than just the new home of 26 World Series championships.
The newly built stadium on 161st Street also “is a model of accessibility to people with disabilities.”
So says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District in Manhattan. The district includes Rockland [...]
I recently received an anonymous call, telling me that Haverstraw town Supervisor Howard Phillips bought a new town car for him despite the town’s challenging financial condition.
The town had to raise its tax rate for 2009 by 12 percent to finance its $32.96 million spending plan.
Phillips defended the purchase, saying [...]
Below are two lists—the first is Nyack’s new parking fines fee structure, which will go into effect starting Monday, the second is the old list of fines. I should mention that these fine increases come on the same day as a new 25 cent hike in metered parking, to 75 [...]
The plan to build a New York Sports Club fitness center at Rosman Center on Route 202 was supposed to be completed last fall, but no building has been built at the site yet.
Haverstraw town Supervisor Howard Phillips said the town recently issued a stop-work order for the project because [...]
County Legislator Ed Day, R-New City, has opted not to challenge County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef for the right to run on the Republican line in the Nov. 3 election.
Vanderhoef still wasn’t saying if he’ll seek reelection to a fifth four-year term when I spoke [...]
Sophia Salis Kelter, the long time co-host of WRCR Radio’s “The Steve and Sophia Morning Show,” will soon head off to Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., where she has been hired as a public affairs manager.
Kelter, who goes by Sophia Salis on the show, announced her departure on-air this morning, [...]
Tonight’s zoning board meeting at Town Hall includes requests for variances from municipal codes for two schools, as well as the construction of multifamily housing.
Beginning at 8 p.m., the board will review a proposal by Congregation Mesifta Shraga to build a school, dormitory and staff buildings at the intersection of [...]
Jeannine Rippa with the Rockland County Multi-Faith Coalition, which has been organizing a 40-day round-the-clock anti-abortion vigil in front of Planned Parenthood in Spring Valley, said that the coalition’s signs disappeared from the site this morning.
The group reported the incident to police.
Signs were later found in a dumpster [...]
New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is scheduled to visit Rockland in an effort to help raise funds for State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, D-Suffern.
The fundraiser is set for 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. March 29 at Pretty Penny, the historic home of Helen Hayes, who was, [...]
The Rockland County Legislature will recognize five local artists whose works have been put on permanent display in the Allison-Parris County Office Building during a ceremony tomorrow.
The event will also recognize Avi Nagin, 17, of Pomona, a violinist who has been named concertmaster of the New York State Youth Symphony.
The [...]
Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef will deliver his 2009 State of the County report at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Allison-Parris County Office Building, 11 New Hempstead Road in New City.
In a press release issued today, Vanderhoef’s office said the county executive would announce “several new initiatives concerning property [...]
The town of Orangetown is seeking candidates to fill a vacancy on its Zoning Board of Appeals. The ZBA meets twice a month to hear applications for use and area variances. Members of the five-person board are paid $4,778 annually. Interested Orangetown residents can submit a letter of interest and [...]
The Ramapo Town Board has changed the starting times for Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals meetings to 8 p.m. from 8:15 p.m. It was anticipated by the Town Attorney’s Office that the new start time would be 7:30 p.m., but the Town Board settled on 8 p.m. instead.
[...]There will be a public hearing at 8 p.m. on March 18 in Town Hall on the town’s plan to build about 130 units of affordable housing off Elm Street at the Spring Valley border. The town has created a development agency for the project, which means that Ramapo will [...]
Dan Masterson, who has taught English at Rockland Community College for the past 45 years, was named Rockland’s first poet laureate today.
The announcement was made during a ceremony hosted by County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell.
The county decided to create the unpaid position in honor [...]
I got emailed this flyer, which I hear has been circulating around local businesses since the village board said it wanted to raise parking fines. By the way, the board is planning to meet on Thursday, Feb. 26 to continue discussion on changing parking fines. If you want to read [...]
The recently-started grading work on the 10-acre lot on Holt Drive a/k/a/ Kay Fries Drive — where a Super ShopRite strip mall is proposed — surprised neighbors because they thought nothing should be done to the site until state Supreme Court in New City decides on the Article 78 proceeding [...]
Among the items on tomorrow’s Town Board meeting is a resolution to change the starting times for the Planning Board and Zoning Board meetings.
The 8:15 p.m. starting time will be changed to 7:30 p.m. That could be a significant change for the public, which sometimes had to wait until 11 [...]
Sheriff’s Department arson Detective Doug Lerner has been working without his partner – Scooter.
The yellow Lab, known to get excited over the scent of gasoline and other accelerants, has been out on injury leave with a bad foot.
The action pooch had surgery on Jan. 29 at the Suffern Animal Hospital. [...]
The Palisades Community Center seems to have found the answer to the dearth of farmers’ markets in the winter. Starting this Saturday, the center will be hosting what may be Rockland’s first indoor farmers’ market. It will be held every Saturday from February to April, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., [...]
The Pearl River School District will be holding a budget focus group meeting Friday for parents of children not yet in kindergarten (from birth to 5). The session will take place from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at Pearl River High School, 275 E. Central Ave, in the Pirate Cove meeting [...]
The Orangetown Town Clerk will hold satellite office hours at the Pearl River Library on Wednesday, Feb. 4 and Wednesday, Feb. 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., providing 2009 commuter parking permits, handicap permits, dog licenses and requests for vital statistics.
[...]Haverstraw village, in conjunction with the Haverstraw Town Police Department, is seeking to establish a village neighborhood watch program.
Residents who are interested in participating in the program are encouraged to attend an orientation meeting at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the 2nd floor meeting room at Haverstraw Village Hall at [...]
I apologize to anyone waiting to participate in the Ramapo Live blog. Technical difficulties have been encountered at my end. I’ll be checking with our tech services people today to determine the cause and to rectify the problem.
[...]The town of Ramapo plans to appoint alternate members to its planning and zoning boards, with the idea that the alternates could step in when regular members were absent.
This could come in handy, considering that there was only one Planning Board meeting last year when all the members were present [...]
Dozens of people met at the Nyack Center last week to look over the redesign plans for Memorial Park, a 5-acre patch of green space along the Hudson that is Nyack’s only public park. The $7 million to $15 million project would take 10 years to [...]
The Joseph T. St. Lawrence Community, Health and Sports Center in Hillburn made the cover of a 2009 calendar produced by the New York State Recreation and Park Society.
The aerial photograph shows the facility’s athletic fields and the building that includes exercise and meeting rooms. The Ramapo River can be [...]
The 23rd annual Tri-State International Auto Show will be held at the Rockland Community College Fieldhouse, 145 College Road in Ramapo starting Friday. Admission is $8 for adults, $3 for kids 10 to 15, and kids under 10 can come in free. Here are the times:
Friday, from 2 to 9 [...]
UPDATE: Legislator Wolfe sent me an email this morning (01/20/09) saying he wanted to “clarify something.”
From the email, verbatim: “You mentioned that I didn’t want to hold a public meeting. That’s not entirely accurate, as both the committee meeting and full Legislature are public meetings and all are entitled to [...]
I have had some trouble getting Legislator Alden Wolfe’s resolution to post below a break line. Dang ghosts in the machine again. So I’m posting it here.
THIS IS LEGISLATOR ALDEN WOLFE’S RESOLUTION, VERBATIM. ALTHOUGH IT STATES THAT IT IS A DRAFT, WOLFE SAID TODAY THAT IT IS THE RESOLUTION THAT [...]
So to be fair, I’m also posting Alan Levin’s letter to the County Legislature above the break line.
THIS IS ALAN LEVIN’S LETTER TO THE ROCKLAND COUNTY LEGISLATURE, VERBATIM.
To: All Rockland County Legislators:
Regarding: The Proposed Resolution “In Support of Israel…..”I respectfully request that this proposed resolution be voted down or [...]
Hey, if it were up to most of us, we’d probably just skip the whole tax thing.
But the state has this thing about getting its revenue, and on time, too!
This year, due to the massive financial challenges now facing the Empire State, the state Department of Taxation will not be [...]
Gov. David Paterson may or may not know who he’s naming to fill Hillary Clinton’s U.S. Senate seat, but he apparently does know good food.
The gov decided to catch a meal at Restaurant X in Congers last night, arriving about 6 or 6:30 p.m. and staying [...]
A local motorcycle group of correction officers raised $5,500 for Matt Lupo of Stony Point, who was partially paralyzed during a pool accident five years ago.
The Turnkeys of Rockland LEMC held a benefit Thursday at Noel’s, Route 9W, Stony Point. They raised money to help Lupo buy new exercise equipment for [...]
