BY SUPERVISOR GEORGE HOEHMANN One of my first priorities as supervisor was to step up the enforcement of our town code to protect our quality of life in Clarkstown and protect our first responders. Last year, I created a new code compliance unit, which consists of Deputy Town Attorney, Leslie Kahn, a veteran prosecutor, and […]
The Rockland County Legislature presented a Distinguished Service Award to educator, youth advocate and humanitarian Donald Cairns Tuesday in recognition of his service to others. For more than three decades, Cairns taught at Ramapo High School, where members of the National Honor Society voted him Teacher of the Year. Cairns was further recognized with the Father F. […]
BY AARON MOELLER “Miss K C A O” forages for mushrooms near the Hudson River in Nyack
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day You need look no further than a Rockland ballpark to see the results of a total failure of municipal planning in the county’s largest town, Ramapo. More than 400 children, some as young as five-years-old, are attending classes inside a baseball stadium. How is this possible? The immediate […]
To the Editor, Approval rating for the House of Representatives is in the teens, so I guess a House Sub-Committee rating would be lower? I’ve heard it said that Congress couldn’t find its gluteus maximus with both hands, but the VA makes mistakes so big, even Congress can’t miss them. Here’s one: in 2016 the […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF PHOTOS BY AARON MOELLER (Unless otherwise noted) Hundreds of souls came together to dance, dance and dance a little more September 8 – 10 at Echo Lake in Afton, NY, site of Spirit Tribe’s second annual “Native Noise” festival. Fans of “psytrance,” a subgenre of electronic dance music known for its hard […]