POW’R Against Tobacco gains national victory right here in Rockland County After working with the American Lung Association and POW’R Against Tobacco for the past year, the Village of Haverstraw passed first in the nation regulations to restrict tobacco product displays in retail environments open to children. Haverstraw Mayor Michael Kohut said, “The law was […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL The Clarkstown Town Board met Tuesday for their regular meeting for two public hearing, and approved the removal of the no left/no right turn signs at Snake Hill Road and Palisades Center Drive North. Removing the signs at Snake Hill Road sparked a lot of interest at the meeting. Everyone who […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR Rockland County residents who are seeking something a little different to do on a weekend, can check out several local parks in Palisades Interstate Park System that are offering everything from historical hikes colonial cooking classes, and they are all family friendly. For example this Saturday there is a hike […]
“The Mad Dangler,” Michael Davitt of West Haverstraw, said in Greenburgh Town Court in Westchester County that he will not provide $33,818 in restitution to the public for the rescue expenses related to the dangling stunt he pulled above the Hudson River this past November. The Westchester DA had offered him a plea deal under […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Aims to thwart addicts’ descent into felonious lifestyle County of Rockland and Village of Spring Valley officials announced Tuesday at the Spring Valley Courthouse the creation of the Rockland County Misdemeanor Drug Court Program. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe joined Mayor of Spring Valley Normaie Jasmin, Judge Charles Apotheker, and Judge […]
Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin pulled a risky political move against a critic of hers on the town board, playing live on WRCR radio an audio recording of him that he did not know she had. The subject of her wrath was Trustee Anthony Leon, who voted down the village’s budget and harshly criticized the […]