COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day last week announced that the County Department of Social Services collected or saved a record $1.5 million in taxpayer-funded welfare payments between January 1, 2014 and October 31, 2014, a 150-percent increase over the same time period last year. “I am proud to report these savings achieved […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN My poetry is pumped up by smog and mercury, the lines stretch like knotted rubber bands. I wish there was more horseradish in my life, instead of sugar-coated Cheerios. Corn syrup thins my blood. Salt and pepper preserves my tongue. Honest decay, skunk stink tosses my breath. I feel faint, but stench […]
On Monday, November 24 at 8 a.m., the Clarkstown Police Department responded to 16 Forest View Court in Valley Cottage for a report of a structure fire. The single family home had flames coming from the rear of the home when the patrol units responded. The only occupant, female, 67, of Valley Cottage, was safely […]
Clarkstown, NY – On Monday, November 10, 2014 at approximately 8:08 a.m. State Police responded to the Exit 14 off ramp on Interstate 87 for a report of a fight in progress. When Troopers arrived they located a 52-year-old male who had reported being the victim of an assault by another motorist, who had fled the scene prior to […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The “waste to fuel” gasification plant proposal that the Stony Point Board has been considering for several years once again occupied much of the discussion at the Town Board meeting Tuesday night. Both Supervisor Geoff Finn, in his report, and SPACE president George Potanovic, during public input, expressed dismay over statements credited […]
Spring Valley firefighters put out blaze at fellow firefighter’s home A firefighter residing in Spring Valley received emergency assistance from his fellow first responders on Sunday after a structure on his property caught fire. The fire occurred on the property of Richard D. Bird Jr. at 21 Ternure Avenue. Bird stepped away from an outdoor barbecue for […]