By Supervisor George Hoehmann This week I was overcome with sadness as we lost a dear friend of mine, Clarkstown Police Detective Frederick J. Parent. Freddy was a lifelong Clarkstown resident who devoted his life to serving our community. I’ve known Freddy since our days at Clarkstown South High School together. We graduated the same […]
Announcement from Clarkstown Police Dept. It is with great sadness that Chief Raymond McCullagh announced the passing of Detective Frederick J. Parent on Tuesday. The 52-year-old Detective from New City passed away last night after a brief illness. Freddy Parent began his career with the Clarkstown Police Department in July of 1991 as a dispatcher. […]
BY BARRY WARNER Our Unsung Hero column this week features Annemarie Basile, volunteer second assistant chief of Hillburn Fire Dept. She is currently the highest-ranking female firefighter in the county. “In the event of a house fire in Hillburn, as the Incident Commander on the scene, I would take the time necessary to conduct a […]
A lot of people use PowerPoint “magic” in their every-day life. There can be hardly found a person who has never been struggling on creating a presentation. It is today one of the marketing and PR tools aimed at presenting something to the target audience. Depending on the type of a presentation and the pursued […]
Board meeting held day after election BY KATHY KAHN Sixteen years have passed since the Christopher St. Lawrence regime began in Ramapo. On Tuesday, election day, a new leader was finally chosen while the disgraced former supervisor is due to be sentenced later this month on federal corruption charges. That new supervisor is former deputy town […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT On February 16, 2017, the Rockland County Times predicted that a major German book would be published containing a chapter honoring Ludmilla Berkwic, a gifted Rockland pianist and piano teacher who passed away in 2005 but is still remembered by the thousands of the students she taught over a period of […]