UNSUNG HERO: Charles “Charlie” Maushardt, Vietnam War Veteran and President of the Rockland County ‘Nam Knights Motorcycle Club

UNSUNG HERO: Charles “Charlie” Maushardt, Vietnam War Veteran and President of the Rockland County ‘Nam Knights Motorcycle Club

BY BARRY WARNER Our Unsung Hero of the week is Charlie Maushardt, a Vietnam War Veteran, the President of the Rockland County Nam Knights Motorcycle Club and recipient of the 1995-1996 Rockland County Veteran of the Year Award, plus a 2013 New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame honoree. “The Nam Knights of Rockland […]

Rockland County Prevails in Legal Challenge to Sewer Salaries

Rockland County Prevails in Legal Challenge to Sewer Salaries

COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County has won a court case involving $70,000 in improper payments to elected officials serving as Commissioners on the board of Rockland Sewer District No. 1. In a decision handed down this week by Rockland Supreme Court Judge Thomas E. Walsh II, the court agreed with the County that supervisors and […]

Crystal Run-Montefiore Merger moves forward despite doctors’ lawsuits, mudslinging

Crystal Run-Montefiore Merger moves forward despite doctors’ lawsuits, mudslinging

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Crystal Run Healthcare and Montefiore Health System finalized their partnership last week despite two recent lawsuits by Crystal Run doctors protesting the merger and one suit alleged self-dealing by “illegal payoff” to Gov. Andrew Cuomo by senior executives as well as “draconian” work environments. Montefiore is a multi-billion dollar network that includes […]

Feathers ruffled at Stony Point’s first meeting of 2018

Feathers ruffled at Stony Point’s first meeting of 2018

BY: KATHY KAHN Stony Point’s Town Board on January 9 held its reorganization meeting before the regular board meeting began, naming both Councilmen Tom Basile and Karl Javenes as deputy supervisors.  The board also reappointed the current Chairs of the Zoning, Planning and Architectural Review Boards, as well as choosing The Rockland County Times as […]

BRING ON YOUR STINKING LAWSUIT, NEW SUPERVISOR TELLS ALUF

BRING ON YOUR STINKING LAWSUIT, NEW SUPERVISOR TELLS ALUF

                                    By: JOEL GROSSBARTH For the past 18 months, residents of an area in Blauvelt in the Town of Orangetown have endured living in an area that literally stinks. Aluf Plastics plant has been emitting smells of burning plastic […]

WEATHER THIS WEEK: January 12 – 18

Your Weekly Forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello, Rockland County! I hope that you have had a great week, and were able to enjoy the bit of a thaw we have been experiencing. Well we have some active weather to talk about so let’s get to it! Friday: Rain, which may fall moderately to heavily at […]

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