You may have seen pictures of military servicemen and women on banners around Clarkstown this Memorial Day weekend. The town is participating in a military tribute banner program designed to honor the veterans of participating communities all over the United States. Each banner features the photo of a local serviceman or woman and is sponsored […]
Local political figures must disavow Ramapo 5 and those who nominate them or they tacitly support them By Chris Day, Candidate for Orangetown Supervisor Recently, five Ramapo county legislators, elected via the overwhelming force of the “bloc vote” controlled by the leaders of the Hasidic community and their developer allies, decided to disregard the fact […]
The Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 333 continued the 30-year Rockland County tradition of lighting midnight watchfires at locations around the county midnight May 30, the traditional Memorial Day. The fires, lit up this year at Bowline Point Park in Haverstraw, Eugene Levy Memorial Park on Route 45 in Pomona, the top of Clausland Mountain […]
BY BARRY WARNER Firefighting is a tough job and volunteer firefighter Derek Mehu possesses the talents, skills and special personal characteristics that are required to rescue trapped people and those individuals having medical emergencies. “Derek Mehu has almost 8 years with Hillcrest Fire. He is a driver of our apparatus and Captain of our Fire […]
Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) announced that he helped secure $46,963 in construction grant money for the Tomkins Cove Public Library to replace the building’s windows. “Libraries provide our residents with the tools and resources necessary to expand our horizons, access information and help us learn and grow,” said Skoufis. “This Tomkins Cove Library project will […]
START-UP NY PROGRESS: RCC to Work With Company Relocating to Nyack York Analytical Laboratories Inc., a full service environmental laboratory, has been added to expand Rockland Community College’s presence into Nyack. York Labs analyzes environmental samples. The company has re-located their corporate offices from Connecticut due to a designation from Start-Up NY, which offers expanding […]