CLARKSTOWN UPDATE: Hoehmann Confirms FBI Investigation, Meanwhile Sullivan is Rumored as Potential Opponent for 2017

CLARKSTOWN UPDATE: Hoehmann Confirms FBI Investigation, Meanwhile Sullivan is Rumored as Potential Opponent for 2017

Police Chief Michael Sullivan’s displinary hearings took an interesting turn when Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann stated the reason his administration took steps to secure the town’s computer networks-include the police network-was the FBI had been investigating whether his predecessor Alex Gromack’s regime had destroyed documents and date. Hoehmann brought up the FBI investigation Tuesday while […]

REMEMBERING BRIAN LENNON, BY OLEG KHAGHANI

REMEMBERING BRIAN LENNON, BY OLEG KHAGHANI

It’s a sad day for any community when a local hero passes away, especially one whose heroism is as great as that of officer Brian Lennon, who served the Nyack community for many years during the years Nyack had its own police department. Brian was one of the four Nyack policemen who stopped the U-haul […]

SPRING VALLEY DEMS ACCUSE RAMAPO COMMITTEE OF HIJACK

SPRING VALLEY DEMS ACCUSE RAMAPO COMMITTEE OF HIJACK

  Spring Valley Democratic Committee Members Betty Carmand and Steven White called a press conference this week to alert the community of “an attempt by the Ramapo Democratic Committee to take over and control the Spring Valley Committee.” Carmand and White said, “Committee members – appointed by the Ramapo Town Chair – illegally called a […]

NEW NORTH ROCKLAND REALITY: Stony Point Calls for “No Knock” Law; Haverstraw to Discuss Rules for Residential Places of Worship

NEW NORTH ROCKLAND REALITY: Stony Point Calls for “No Knock” Law; Haverstraw to Discuss Rules for Residential Places of Worship

BY KATHY KAHN Persistent realtors intent on buying into Stony Point have made residents nervous. In response to the many complaints Supervisor Jim Monaghan and the Town Board have received, the board set a public hearing to amend its code to “Prohibit Improper Real Estate Solicitations in the Town of Stony Point.” The town will […]

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FALCO vs. COs CONTROVERSY

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FALCO vs. COs CONTROVERSY

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF As has been reported by the Rockland County Times, FIOS, Rockland Voice and finally for the first time this week The Journal News, many corrections officers [COs] who opposed the reelection of Sheriff Louis Falco in 2015, have subsequently found themselves forced out of their jobs. Over a half dozen have been […]

TIMELINES, March 2, 2017

TIMELINES, March 2, 2017

$18 Million Sale of Novartis Stalled Due to Lawsuit The firm wanting to buy the vacant Novartis campus in Suffern for $18 million filed a lawsuit claiming the deal was hindered by the pharmaceutical company’s refusal of aggressive environmental testing. The lawsuit was filed on Feb. 10 in the state Supreme Court in New City […]