FROM CPD The Clarkstown Police Department is currently investigating a school bus & car accident which occurred on Rt 304 at the intersection with Laurel Rd in New City. Preliminary info is as follows: six students (all juveniles) were on the bus all of which received minor injuries. All six passengers are being transported to […]
BY TED SLAFSKY Merrill Matthews’ Nov. 16 opinion column on the 340B drug discount program, “Congress Tries to Lower Drug Costs and Raises Health Premiums Instead,” arrives at a myriad of wrong conclusions. Mathews has a long history with the insurance industry that routinely raises health care costs and points the finger elsewhere. It would […]
From RCT freelancer Bill Demarest reports at 2 p.m. November, 22 an overturned school bus on Laurel Road and Route 304 in New City; Clarkstown police at scene, ambulance on the way. No one trapped. At least four injuries, according to police.
BY CHERYL SLAVIN On Monday night a standing room only crowd of about 250 people at the Stony Point Center attended a public hearing conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeking public comment about the proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) power line and the plans to […]
Fifty years since assassination Friday, November 22 marks half a century since President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dealy Plaza, Dallas, Texas at the age of 46. He is the most recent U.S. president to be assassinated or die in office. The event unquestionably was a defining moment for several generations of Americans […]
Comfortable, accessible and less noisy than the mall! There has been some shuffling of the Rockland County movie theatre deck in the past month, and for the first time in a decade, options are improving for Rockland consumers. When the Palisades Mall and its 21-theatre megaplex came to town over a decade ago, small theaters […]