Beautification and Quality of Life Discussed at Clarkstown Board Workshop

BY VINNY MURPHY With no police matters on the agenda, the focus of Clarkstown’s Town Board Workshop Tuesday, July 31 quickly turned to town beautification and quality of life. After a brief introduction by Town Planner Jose Simoes, Charles Maneri, community Character and Design Committee chairman, presented three projects focused on making Clarkstown “an attractive place to […]

Two Sex Offenders Move to Clarkstown

Two convicted sex offenders moved to Clarkstown, Cassidy Armistead and Christopher Popolizio. Armstead, 37, now lives at 31 Cottage Place in Nanuet. He is a level-two offender with moderate risk to reoffend. He was convicted January 2007 for sexual abuse of a 21-year-old woman. Popolizio, 21, now lives at 6 Sunnybank Drive in Nanuet. He […]

Good Luck, Rockland County

Good Luck, Rockland County

Legendary publisher of the Rockland County Times Armand Miele retires his longtime column “Miele’s Musing.” Read the final “Miele’s Musing” BY ARMAND MIELE When I became involved with the Rockland County Times in the 1990s, I was an old man. I was born during the Depression in a poor neighborhood, saw my brothers drafted into […]

Tree Falls During Storm, Near Miss for Nanuet Woman

BY SARA GILBERT On Wednesday, August 1, Anita Rossi was on the phone with her pastor’s wife around 2 p.m. when a severe thunderstorm hit, sending a large tree crashing down onto her second floor apartment in the Normandy Village complex in Nanuet. She wasn’t badly injured, but was definitely hit by the tree and […]

Neighborhood Cruisers Hold Annual Car Show Benefit

BY MICHAEL RICONDA On July 30 Neighborhood Cruisers, Inc. held a small car show at Gennaro’s Restaurant in Stony Point to raise awareness for their annual Cruisin’ For Kids Benefit at Clarkstown North High School on August 4. The event, which included a car display, music, raffle ticket sales for the benefit on Saturday and […]