KOLESAR’S EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT ANNOUNCED AT HAVERSTRAW BOARD MEETING

KOLESAR’S EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT ANNOUNCED AT HAVERSTRAW BOARD MEETING

Andrew Kolesar, a freshman at North Rockland High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 61, announced at this week’s Town of Haverstraw Board meeting that his Eagle Scout project will see the installation of flag receptacles at the Haverstraw Town Hall, Town of Haverstraw Police Department and at Bowline Point Park. The purpose […]

SIBLING REUNIFICATION BILL INTRODUCED IN NY SENATE

SIBLING REUNIFICATION BILL INTRODUCED IN NY SENATE

To the Editor, New York state Senate bill, S2939, which will create a mechanism for the reunification of brothers and sisters who were separately adopted as children, and are now adults, was reported from the New York state Senate Children and Families Committee this week. Because it is late in the 2017 legislative session, the […]

BADGES FOR BASEBALL CLINIC HOSTED BY HAVERSTRAW PAL

BADGES FOR BASEBALL CLINIC HOSTED BY HAVERSTRAW PAL

On Sunday, June 11 the Haverstraw Police Athletic League hosted the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Badges for Baseball clinic, co-sponsored by the Town of Haverstraw and SUEZ Foundation. This is a program where Town of Haverstraw police officers and other law enforcement officials are matched with local youth for a sports clinic. Using baseball and other […]

ORANGETOWN EXPLORES NEW TOWN HALL: Existing chamber expansion and RPC sites considered

ORANGETOWN EXPLORES NEW TOWN HALL: Existing chamber expansion and RPC sites considered

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown continued studying options for expanding its municipal office space Tuesday, concentrating on eight proposals for a new town hall presented by the town’s consulting architects and planners, The Musial Group. The informational session prior to a workshop meeting of the council occupied most of the two-hour […]

Assembly continues to back closure of “LLC loophole”

ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES  A bill to close the limited liability corporation (LLC) campaign finance loophole has passed the Assembly (A.1926) for the third straight session. The LLC loophole allows individuals who own LLC corporations to circumvent campaign contribution caps and funnel limitless donations to political campaigns. “Voters have made it clear they’re sick and tired […]

JUNE 22 STONY PT. PLANNING BOARD MEETING: New Application for Waterfront Project & Site Plan for Gasification Plant

JUNE 22 STONY PT. PLANNING BOARD MEETING: New Application for Waterfront Project & Site Plan for Gasification Plant

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It figures to be a hectic Stony Point Planning Board meeting Thursday, June 22, 7 p.m. at the RHO Building. New Planet Sustainable Fuels will be making a presentation on their Holt Dr. site plan and a new application will be presented for the waterfront development project, now named “Eagle Bay” and […]