John T. Hanlon, a lifelong resident of Garnerville, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2015. He was 76. John was born November 29, 1938 in Garnerville to the late Mary (nee Kelly) and Thomas Hanlon. He was a graduate of St. Peter’s Elementary School in 1952, Haverstraw High School in 1956 and St. Michael’s College […]
NEW CITY – Clarkstown’s tentative 2016 town budget will remain under the state tax cap for the second year in a row, according to Clarkstown Supervisor Alexander Gromack. What’s more, it will accomplish this by not raising town taxes at all. The $143,783,445 budget, if approved, will keep tax increases unchanged and below the state’s […]
Ice is a 3-year-old female pit bull terrier mix that was surrendered to the shelter because her owners could no longer care for her. She has a smile as big as her personality. This goofy girl is equally as likely to be stretched out in the cool grass asking for belly rubs as she’s cooling […]
PRESS RELEASE The Town of Clarkstown recently announced a ground breaking agreement with the Rockland Farm Alliance to operate a restored 18th century working farm and education center on the town’s open space property known as Traphagen, on Germonds Road, in West Nyack. The Rockland Farm Alliance (RFA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and […]
Health Department schedules two flu vaccine clinics in October Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert today announced that the Health Department will hold two flu vaccine clinics in October: on Friday, October 2, and Friday, October 9, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rockland County Department of Health, Building D, 1st Floor, Nurses’ Conference […]
Future of BTX and golf course remain in doubt BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Flush with success from banning the use of private homes for commercial party rentals and the filming of “adult” videos, the Orangetown Town Board is plunging headlong this week into banning two additional practices the council finds objectionable […]