RAMAPO MAN SUPPORTS EQUESTRIAN CENTER

RAMAPO MAN SUPPORTS EQUESTRIAN CENTER

Open Letter to Acting Supervisor of the Town of Ramapo Yitzchok Ullman: First and foremost, thank you for taking on the responsibilities of Ramapo town supervisor with the departure of Mr. St. Lawrence. We look forward to more transparency and fair play under your guidance. After reading your statement in the Rockland County Times, I […]

Assemblyman Skoufis ties the knot

Assemblyman Skoufis ties the knot

Hillary Lynn Stuchin and James G. Skoufis were married May 20 at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan, the assemblyman announced last week. Rabbi Sarah Reines officiated the interfaith ceremony, which incorporated both Jewish and Greek traditions. The bride, 31, is an associate director in Manhattan at UJA-Federation of New York, where she focuses on public […]

MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS, Monday 29, 2017

MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS, Monday 29, 2017

EVENTS WITHIN ORANGETOWN (including hamlets and villages) Monday, May 29, 9 a.m. – Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Oak Hill Cemetery. The VFW, assisted by the American Legion, will conduct services at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Oak Hill Cemetery Monday, May 29, 9 a.m. – Palisades Flag Ceremony, Closter Road at Oak Tree Road. Monday, […]

Stony Point supports proposed changes to Coast Guard barge plan

Stony Point supports proposed changes to Coast Guard barge plan

BY KATHY KAHN  The U.S. Coast Guard’s plan to place several “parking spots” for crude oil barges and other tankers along the banks of the Hudson is being challenged in Albany. The barge anchorage locations the Coast Guard is entertaining would permit more than 40 barges to “rest”  along the river’s coastline from Yonkers to Kingston […]

East Ramapo School District in Nasty Fight With Its Insurance Company

East Ramapo School District in Nasty Fight With Its Insurance Company

BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The embattled East Ramapo School District has been entangled in a nasty legal fight with its own insurance company. The fight has culminated in a decision recently handed down by an appellate court in Brooklyn. In East Ramapo Central School District v. New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal, the insurance company issued a policy […]