STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN What better way for fire and emergency services personnel to kick-start the New Year than with a meeting about safety features on the new bridge? About 80 members of the Rockland County Fire Chief’s Association learned how its lane configurations and water system would aid their all-volunteer services. “It was a […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL Recently there has been lot of talk about the Highway Department in the Town of Clarkstown. Somehow a member of the public got a copy of a confidential report by Public Sector HR Consultants LLC and posted it on the internet. This has caused many mixed feelings. Wayne Ballard, the Highway superintendent, […]
FROM CPD On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 8 p.m. the Clarkstown Police Department responded the 7-11 located on Rt. 59 in Nanuet for a suspicious incident involving an ATM machine located inside the store. The responding unit was informed by the victim, male, 43 of Nanuet, that he had attempted to make a transaction at the Citibank ATM […]
County Executive Ed Day (R) “I am especially pleased that Governor Cuomo will use $1.2 billion of the state’s recent $5 billion bank settlement to support construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge and hold down Thruway tolls. As I have said repeatedly, our commuters and businesses simply cannot afford the burden of even-higher tolls. […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day On a frigid afternoon last week, I met with State Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski in my office in New City. Ken provided an update on a host of key, nonpartisan issues he’s concentrating on for the people of his district, which includes parts of Clarkstown, Haverstraw and Ramapo. Illegal housing, […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Who among us was not horrified at the spasm of deadly terrorism that has swept through Paris? Religious extremists — using Islam as justification — caused the deaths of 17 people in three separate instances and plunged the French nation into a state of fright. There are so many layers to this […]