Letter to the Editor: I AM AN AMERICAN

Dear Editor, I am proud to say that I am an American, who is the son of hard-working Italian immigrants that taught me and my siblings a strong love and respect for this country, patriotism and tradition. On that note, I have to say that there is a notable lack of respect for one area […]

Thunder in April

BY HARRY WAITZMAN My fingers tingle, my mouth smokes. Snow drifts surround Congers Lake. Hungry muskrats lick their paws and sniff. Two fishermen cut holes in the ice, light fires and camp on white grass. Mown by the sun, blades of slick grass melt. Mud puddles on the short, rivelets run. After one thunderstorm, another […]

Clarkstown To Preserve Oldest House 1730 West Nyack Relic to be Restored

VANDERBILT HOUSE in West Nyack, built circa1730, will be preserved through joint town, BOCES & Cooperative Extension agreement. Gristmill millstone, right foreground, used to operate adjacent mill, now covers abandoned water well. BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES (See Editor’s Note at Concluson) The Clarkstown Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday evening to sponsor […]

SNAP SCAM

Perps allegedly turned food stamps into money stamps BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe announced on Tuesday that 26 defendants were being charged with defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) out of tens of thousands of dollars in food stamp benefits. “It appears that every time we look […]

SUPPORT FOR RCT EDITOR’S POLITICAL CAMPAIGN

Dylan, I am glad to see you doing well in battle, the Stony Point Battlefield! We need real men such as yourself, with commonsense, in positions of leadership, meaning handling our tax dollars properly. This is currently not being done in Stony Point or much of Rockland County. I believe you have a secret weapon […]