ST. LAWRENCE ADMINISTRATION PUBLICLY BLAMES REIMER

The administration of Chris St. Lawrence, Town of Ramapo supervisor, continues to blame its woes on Finance Department administrator Melissa Reimer. An unfavorable financial review from the NY Comptroller’s Office, ranking Ramapo as the second most financially stressed town in New York State, came out Tuesday and the town immediately said it’s based on “incomplete […]

Zebrowski Renews Opposition to Proposed Chicken Slaughterhouse

STATEMENT BY ASSEMBLYMAN KEN ZEBROWSKI: “An application was recently submitted to the Rockland County Planning Department to construct a poultry processing plant in the Village of New Square. This application is by the same company that previously planned to develop a poultry processing facility in the same location a few years ago. That project was […]

CRIMES 6/16

TOWN OF RAMAPO POLICE DEPARTMENT: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY MOVING VEHICLE On June 14, 2013 at 12:53 p.m., Ramapo Police were called to the scene of a pedestrian injury accident on Hemion Rd. A 2004 Lexus operated by Brian Hechler, 52, of Middletown was headed south on Hemion Rd. near the Thruway overpass.  The driver of […]

TUESDAY: Town of Stony Point to Host Reps for CHPE Again

The Town Board of Stony Point has invited the Champlain Hudson Power Express to speak at the RHO building on: Date:       Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Time:       7 p.m. Place:      LETCHWORTH – RHO BUILDING CHPE’s presidential permits have not been issued. Residents still have an opportunity to make their voices heard. Champlain Hudson Power Express (“CHPE”) […]

Agreement reached to restore critical OPWDD funding

PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES SKOUFIS Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) is optimistic over the announcement that a deal has been reached on legislation he sponsored to restore funding that was cut to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) as part of the 2013-14 state budget (A.6692-C). “Since March, I have been advocating to […]

Cardinal Dolan Coming to North Rockland Sunday

Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of the NY Diocese, is set to visit St. Gregory Barbarigo Church in Garnerville on  Sunday at 2 p.m., for a closing mass in celebration of their 50th anniversary jubilee. The church reported the information on their Facebook page this week.