To the Editor, New Jersey’s native people, the Lenape, which were forcibly exiled to bleak reservations in Oklahoma and Kansas, should be invited to return home and start a pot business. Fort Monmouth, a recently closed U.S. Army base in central New Jersey (near NYC) with the infrastructure of a city, would make an ideal […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Just last week, my Deputy Commissioner of Finance did something historic. He successfully submitted Rockland County’s tax freeze certification to the New York State Comptroller’s Office. This paperwork proves that the county meets the necessary criteria for Governor Cuomo’s property tax credit rebate program and ensures that STAR eligible […]
CPD PRESS RELEASE On January 10, 2014 at 7:55 p.m., the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the Oasis Gas Station located at 221 Route 303, Valley Cottage for a possible armed robbery. The responding patrol units interviewed the employee. The employee, male, 56, of Congers, stated that while sitting inside the business, two suspects entered […]
Mega Jackpot is largest ever claimed in New York Lottery history The New York Lottery’s Yolanda Vega this week presented a Mega-sized ceremonial prize check to Harold Diamond, 80, of Wurtsboro, Sullivan County. The retired Elementary School Principal was the sole winner of a $326 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn on November 4, 2014. Vega […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column You gotta have heart – Viola to rejoin Backman in Las Vegas Intrepid rowers Stay in shape The Mets have yet to make it officially official, but Frank Viola will rejoin manager Wally Backman as pitching coach with the organization’s Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas. Viola, 54, was set […]
BY JERRY DEMARCO CLIFFVIEW PILOT:Â An Orthodox rabbi from Rockland County pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton today to his role in a scheme to kidnap and torture a Jewish man into granting his wife a religious divorce. Martin Wolmark, 56, the head of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah in Monsey, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court […]