(New City, NY) – Coldwell Banker Real Estate ranked the Town of Clarkstown number one on their list of Best Places to Live for ‘Booming Suburbs’ in New York State. Coldwell Banker’s ‘Booming Suburbs’ ranking rated 1,500 communities, with populations greater than or equal to 22,275, based on increased year over year levels in employment […]
Clarkstown Council Member Frank Borelli, who was at the center of Legislator Frank Sparaco’s recent video tape revelations, has been expelled from the Rockland County GOP Committee. County Chairman Vincent Reda cited Borelli’s alleged misconduct including “trying to arrange a political payoff on behalf of a Democratic candidate for Clarkstown Highway Superintendent,” as the reason […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – “Drop Dead, Perfect” with Drama Desk Award winner Everett Quinton starring in drag opens August 9 at Pengun Repertory Theatre on Crickettown Road in Stony Point. Joe Brancato, director, described the play as terrifying, tawdry, tasteless, titallating, totally over the top and not for children. Tickets at 845-786-2873 or penguinrep.org. […]
The weekly newspaper the Rockland Review, in circulation since 1976, has recently undergone an interesting change in format. Last week its entire main news section consisted of republished articles from the Journal News daily newspaper, with credit noted at the end of the article. An article from the Bergen Record also was reproduced. It is […]
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013—In a military court-martial Bradley Manning, 25-year-old Army private, was acquitted of aiding the enemy by giving thousands of classified U.S. military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks. He was convicted on multiple other counts. Manning requested that a judge decide his fate rather than a jury. Today, after three days of deliberation, […]
MTA hikes parking fees The nine separate taxes including the infamous payroll tax are not enough for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which provides scant service in Rockland County. Now they’re parking lot subcontractors are after more of your money. Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt (R,I,C-Greenwood Lake) is blasting the MTA, MetroNorth, and their subcontractor LAZ Parking […]