BY KATHY KAHN Stony Point is preparing for a public hearing on the preliminary budget for the town for the New Year. “The state’s tax cap rate has gone down from 2 percent to 1.07 percent,” said Supervisor Jim Monaghan. “When the tax cap was first introduced, towns that did not exceed it were given […]
BY COL. ANDREW J. SMITH This month I considered a few places to review, but circumstances carried me to Suffern. So I decided to try out the Outback Steakhouse at the Indian Rock Plaza off Route 59.. I seated myself and was shortly joined by my waitress, the very cordial and efficient Linda. I had […]
BY BARRY WARNER A volunteer Fire Police Officer (FPO) receives sworn police powers and special training to support firefighting efforts at emergency incidents. “Under the direction of the fire chief, the FPO has a duty to make certain that the firefighters and EMS personnel are given the opportunity to operate unimpeded by making sure no […]
Cowardly attacker takes aim at concert-goers from 32nd-story Mandalay Bay hotel room Fifty nine people were killed and more than 500 were injured after a gunman opened fire on a large country music concert crowd in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooter, whom police identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, started shooting at the […]
STORY AND PHOTO BY KATHY KAHN The Town of Clarkstown chambers were packed on Tuesday evening, October 3, for the swearing-in of Raymond McCullagh, a 29-year veteran of Clarksotwn Police Department, who praised fellow officers, saying, “Their’s is the toughest job there is.” McCullagh, sworn in by Judge Craig Johns and McCullagh’s wife, Terry, replaces ousted Chief […]
Seven elite European trotters representing five countries landed safely Wednesday, October 4 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, ready to compete in the $1-million Yonkers International Trot taking place Saturday, October 14 at Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway. World class trotters from Denmark (2), Finland (1), Italy (2), France (1) and Sweden […]