By Joe Kuhn Senator James Skoufis and Assemblymember Ken Zebrowski announced on Monday that the Rockland Department of Motor Vehicles, based in West Haverstraw will remain in the community. Town of Haverstraw Supervisor Howard Phillips, Village of West Haverstraw Mayor Robert D’Amelio, and other local officials joined the lawmakers for the announcement. One […]
By Joe Kuhn Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell is unhappy with the New York State Thruway Department. In a letter submitted to the department, Cornell, who also serves as the Chairwoman of the Rockland County Legislatures Special Committee on Transit, voiced her concerns that their proposed toll increase for the Mario Cuomo Bridge will disproportionality […]
By Kathy Kahn Police Departments across New York State are working to comply with an Executive Order issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo in June, 2020: The New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative. Letters went out to 500 jurisdictions with police departments across the state explaining the reasoning for the formation of the Collaboratives. […]
By: Joe Kuhn Photos By: Theresa Diaspro Vincent Barrasi has a unique taste in Halloween decorations. While his neighbor’s lawns may be lined with pumpkins, plastic ghouls and fallen leaves, Vincent has decked out his property in Tappan with candy canes, reindeer, and a veritable army of tin soldiers in an early celebration of the […]
By: Joe Kuhn Last week Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann was named the New York State Recreation and Parks Society 2020 Elected Official of the Year, in recognition of his efforts to fund and support Clarkstown’s public parks. The Supervisor accepted the award during a town board meeting last week on October 6th, when it was […]
By Kathy Kahn Ongoing CoVid-19 concerns has moved Stony Point Planning Board’s October 22 public hearing on Monsey developer Eli Hershkowitz’s waterfront property back to Zoom. During its own meeting on Tuesday night, October 13, Supervisor Jim Monaghan announced the decision to forego holding the upcoming public hearing on the Eagle Bay in the […]