Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann and supporters gathered at the Congers Veterans Memorial club on Lake Rd. this week as Hoehmann announced the kickoff of his 2017 campaign. He told the Rockland County Times he doesn’t expect it to be as expensive or negative as the 2015 battle with Alex Gromack. That race set a record […]
BY KATHY KAHN Stony Point’s RHO building was filled to capacity with residents who are tired of being “encouraged to get out while the getting is good.” The unwelcome knocks at the door at 8 a.m., people walking in the back yards and realtors who persist on telling homeowners their property values could go down […]
The Clarkstown Town Board voted to install a ward systems that divides the town into four zones and set two-term lengths for council members. The new set up will commence with the fall elections. Town Supervisor George Hoehmann believes the new system will make the election “a fairly interesting one.” Residents approved a ward system […]
BY DIAND DIMOND “Guilty.” The jury foreman pronounced that verdict 45 times as former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, charged with dozens of counts of sexually molesting young boys, stood at the defense table with his hand casually tucked inside his pants pocket. I attended every day of that unforgettable trial and can […]
Fork Union Military Academy announced that Cadet Joshua James Henriques of West Nyack was invited to speak to the Fluvanna County Rotary Club in Palmyra, Virginia this past week as a representative of the Fork Union Military Academy Interact Club. The local Rotary Club invited Cadets Cong Minh Bui, Geon Woo Han, Joshua Henriques, and […]
BY DYLAN BESTLER (NEW CITY, NY- March 28, 2017) India Perez-Urbano founded Rockland Connects because of the growing opioid problem in not only Rockland County but in the United States. Overdose deaths have become the leading cause of accidental deaths. India, who graduated from Nyack High School in 2012 and Harvard last May, spoke in […]