BY KATHY KAHN When America went to war, 23-year-old Charles Robert Fountain, a Nyack High School graduate, wanted to serve his country as a U.S. Marine. When he and his buddy, David Knight, went down to take the physical, they both passed, but Fountain was left waiting for several months before it was finally agreed […]
NBC NY PRESS RELEASE Coming together to help local families, replenish non-perishable supplies and recruit new volunteers to sustain important anti-hunger efforts, NBC 4 New York/WNBC and Telemundo 47/WNJU will join with Stop & Shop and local food banks to host Feeding Our Families or Alimentando a Nuestras Familias in Spanish, a massive food and […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM STEPHANIE HAUSNER New City, NY—Councilwoman Stephanie Hausner announced Friday that she will not run for a third term and will be resigning as Chairwoman of the Clarkstown Democratic Committee. “I ran for office eight years ago because I wanted to devote my time to public service and to my community. When I […]
Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato formally announced he is running for a fourth four-year term as Rockland County clerk. The announcement took place at “Joe & Joe Restaurant” in Pearl River today, Thursday, April 6 at 5:30 p.m. Piperato, a Haverstraw resident, was first elected clerk in 2005 and re-elected in 2009 and 2013. Before […]
During the months of April and May Keep Rockland Beautiful is coordinating numerous community cleanups around Rockland County for the Great American Cleanup. The Haverstraw Community Cleanup is this Saturday, April 8 starting at 10 a.m. where volunteers will meet outside Village Hall at the clock tower on 40 New Main Street. There will be a Meet & Greet […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The hearing that will ultimately determine whether Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme will be removed from office has started in Westchester County Supreme Court. In opening statements before Special Referee John P. Clarke, the attorney for Petitioners Ken Del Vecchio, Esq. laid out a claim of five separate acts of malfeasance that […]