At courthouse hearings this week, Ilan Schoenberger’s petitions for the Independence Party were validated, giving him the line, as no other county executive candidates qualified to contest him via write-in. County executive candidate Simon Leschinsky of the Conservative Party won his battle to stay in the primary against party-endorsed candidate Tom Sullivan.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Spring Valley – Rev. Weldon McWilliams IV, PhD, a longtime activist for East Ramapo students, recently gave the Rockland County Times details on his candidacy for the Ramapo Town Board, where he hopes to represent constituents he says are underrepresented in local politics. “I want to be that voice for the community. […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The Rockland County Legislature approved funding for several projects aimed at minimizing flood damage in Rockland at their August 6 meeting, but in spite of the wishes of legislators and activists, did not move forward on proposed remediation in Suffern and other areas impacted by flooding. The resolutions addressed […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Wearing white shirts to show their solidarity, over 200 Clarkstown residents showed up at the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Monday night to speak against the application of WC Montebello Corp. for three zoning variances that would result in a 2,784 square foot house being built on a .21 acre lot. At […]
Never the right time for an injured D. Wright or Parnell BY JOE RINI The leap from high school baseball coach to major league manager may seem improbable – except if that major league manager is Suffern native Walt Weiss of the Colorado Rockies. Among his accomplishments, this former star athlete at Suffern High School’s […]
What’s Happening BY GEORGE J. DACRE The annual one day folk festival, the Borderline Picnic and Jam, will be outdoors at 7:07 p.m. Sunday, August 25 at the New City Ambulance Corps building site in New City. It is free with a large cast of folksingers and writers and will include a jam and song […]