BY HARRY WAITZMAN I slip around stalks of goldenrod and wave to bumblebees. Kerplonk! I’m one unhappy bullfrog grumping in Congers Lake. A red-tailed hawk wheels above me as rows of apple trees green the horizon. The new moon climbs like a monkey as cicadas sing arias. A silver-haired conductor hums and gyrates, thrashing his […]
Residents offer cautious support, hearing to be continued BY CHERYL SLAVIN A lively and lengthy discussion took place Tuesday night at Suffern Town Hall as residents, elected officials and a prospective developer shared information and debated divergent viewpoints about the proposed zoning change and subsequent development of Suffern’s urban renewal district bordered by Orange Avenue […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board was pleased with itself three weeks ago when it announced that it would keep its property tax increase to only 1.9 percent next year, meaning the town would just barely skirt New York State’s mandate to keep tax hikes to 2 percent or […]
YouTube video of traffic stop on Palisades Parkway in Rockland prompts official statement HAVERSTRAW – A YouTube video taken in Rockland County has prompted State Police to say they are not specifically targeting motorcyclists for enforcement efforts as a result of an incident in New York City involving a large group of motorcyclists and an […]
BY RAQUEL OKYAY The editor-in-chief of the Rockland County Times, Dylan G. Skriloff, has energetically answered the call to action to run for Stony Point supervisor in 2013. “We have the right team of candidates in place with a concrete plan to expand our commercial tax base and help our economy grow,” said the 34-year-old supervisor candidate who is running alongside council […]
Actor appeared today in Rockland County Court, paid $100,000 to reduce current tax liability New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Thomas H. Mattox announced on Thursday that actor Stephen Baldwin has paid an additional $100,000 on the total amount of $343,068 that he owes the State in back personal income taxes, penalty and […]