Sloatsburg reader sees special surcharge to fund North Rockland District as taxation without representation

Sloatsburg reader sees special surcharge to fund North Rockland District as taxation without representation

To the Editor, Recently New York State Senator James Skoufis presented an idea for tax relief in the North Rockland School district. Simply put his idea involves a one dollar surcharge for parking at Bear Mountain State Park/along with other surcharges unnamed.. This would mean people from outside the North Rockland District would be paying […]

Skoufis Presents Kohut with $250k Grant for Haverstraw Roads

Skoufis Presents Kohut with $250k Grant for Haverstraw Roads

Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) recently presented Mayor Michael Kohut with a grant of $250,000 to repair and rehabilitate Hudson Avenue in the Village of Haverstraw. Senator Skoufis secured this funding during the state’s budget negotiations. Senator Skoufis said, “Hudson Avenue and others like it are highly-traveled roads close to the elementary school, community center, […]

SUMMER ART CAMP OPEN HOUSE

SUMMER ART CAMP OPEN HOUSE

Are you looking for a creative arts experience for your child this summer?  Want to learn more about Camp RoCA?  Join us for one of our Camp Open Houses: Sundays March 8, April 5 or May 3 from 1 – 4 p.m. at RoCA. Feel free to come at any time during those hours. Meet […]

40th Thuman Munson Awards Dinner to Benefit AHRC

40th Thuman Munson Awards Dinner to Benefit AHRC

Photos and story submitted by Jeannine Rippa Thurman Munson, New York Yankee Captain and Catcher, was killed in a plane crash on Aug. 2, 1979 at the age of 32. For 40 years, every year since his death, Thurman’s widow, Diana Munson, has attended the gala named for her late husband, the Thurman Munson Awards […]

Burglar at Ashar School on New Hempstead Road

Burglar at Ashar School on New Hempstead Road

The Clarkstown Police Department is investigating a burglary that occurred at just before midnight on Thursday, January 30 at Ashar School, 360 New Hempstead Rd., New City. Responding officers were met by school staff who stated that multiple locked interior doors leading to offices had been forcibly opened. The suspect gained entry to the building […]