REPORT FROM CPD At approximately 2:36 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18 the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the intersection of Rt. 304 and Cosmos Ln. in New City for a report of a two car motor vehicle accident. Responding officers observed two cars involved in an accident. A female driver of one of the vehicles suffered […]
TOWN OF RAMAPO POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA & ENDANGERING WELFARE OF A CHILD On December 10, 2017 at approximately 3:45 a.m., a Ramapo Police Officer responded to a report of a vehicle doing “donuts” on a residential street in Monsey. The responding officer located the vehicle and the occupants were found to be […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As a follow-up to the November 30 Ombudsman’s article on this paper’s endorsement of the need for the recall of Chrysler’s 2017 Pacifica Minivan, this Ombudsman has contacted our local Congresswoman, Nita Lowey, requesting her assistance in this critical matter. The following information is quoted from my letter to the […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH AND DYLAN SKRILOFF Melissa Reimer, the whistleblower who catalyzed the downfall of Christopher St. Lawrence and his administration by revealing his dubious accounting practices to federal authorities, filed a new lawsuit in Rockland County Supreme Court against the Town of Ramapo this week. The suit requests a writ of mandamus (an order from […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT The third and final holiday weekend at the Orangetown Historical Museum and Archives will be held this Sunday, December 17, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Dutch sandstone DePew House at 196 Chief Bill Harris Way (Formerly Blaisdell Road) in Orangeburg. The program, which is open to the public free of charge, is entitled “Sunday in […]
By Robert Knight The Congers Civic Association and the Clarkstown Assessor’s office will attempt to explain for residents the new property tax assessment rolls and the town and county property taxes that are assessed on each property. At the same time, they will attempt to explain what taxes deductible and for what purposes and to […]