BY JEFF GILLIES With one subtle move in appointing Legislator Aron Wieder to replace Legislator Nancy Low-Hogan on the Budget and Finance Committee, Rockland County Legislature Chairman Alden Wolfe has effectively given his band of Ramapo Democrats the power to block just about any matter of importance in county government. Wolfe’s appointment of Wieder places […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Last week, I visited the Spring Valley Police Department to get a firsthand look at the county’s new 911 system. The state-of-the-art “Next Generation 911” software is now fully operational for callers in Haverstraw, Orangetown, Ramapo, Stony Point, Suffern and Spring Valley. Upgrades in Clarkstown, which last re-vamped its […]
BY MORT BECKER Rockland residents suffered a major blow today with the news of the passing of Rabbi Ronald “Ronnie” Greenwald of blessed memory. He was 82. Rabbi Greenwald was a well-known and admired Orthodox Jewish educator, activist, child advocate and director of Camp Sternberg, who resided with his wife in the suburban Village of […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN The new drone culture comes with rules. Safety rule number one is to stay behind whoever is flying the drone, never in front of the person. “If you get uncomfortable and are not sure what to do, let go, and it will hover in place,” Boston-based DARTdrones Flight Academy […]
PRESS RELEASE The Clarkstown Town Board this evening voted to appoint Valerie Moldow to fill the council seat previously held by George Hoehmann, which became vacant following his overwhelming election victory to become the Town of Clarkstown Supervisor. Moldow, a licensed real estate associate broker, community leader, and mother of three, was chosen following a […]
PRESS RELEASE Supervisor George Hoehmann and the Town Board today appointed Tom Morr as Clarkstown’s next comptroller. Mr. Morr, who officially begins on February 1, will be taking over for Clarkstown’s long time Comptroller Ed Duer, who retired earlier this year. Tom Morr, a Nanuet resident and former Orangetown Town Councilman, has extensive public accounting […]