Statewide “roll-your-own” investigation yields 10 arrests including two in Rockland County The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Thursday announced the arrest of 10 individuals in the Capital District and Hudson Valley regions for illegally possessing untaxed cigarettes and untaxed tobacco. The 10 – all employees or owners of roll-your-own (RYO) cigarette outlets […]
Official statement about Stony Point Ambulance Corps personnel situation from Stony Point Ambulance Publicity Chairperson John V. Orfini: “Stony Point Ambulance Corps is undergoing several personnel and management issues at the present time. It is our policy not to comment on an ongoing investigation. In every respect, Stony Point Ambulance Corps remains committed to providing […]
PART I BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Back in December, numerous residents of Clarkstown attended the monthly board meeting with pins on their shirts that exclaimed, “History Matters.” After the Teaberry Port House in West Nyack was demolished, many people were worried about the fate of another historic property in Clarkstown. The Vanderbilt-Budke on Germonds Road […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNTY New City, NY – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced today that the Appellate Court unanimously overturned an earlier court ruling that said the County’s bids for public bus transportation violated the General Municipal Law and the Rockland County Charter. The ruling by the Appellate Division Second Judicial Department states that […]
Average retail gasoline prices in New York have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.71/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 gas outlets in New York. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.50/g, according to gasoline price […]
By Maria Mirakaj Brownsell Recently a Clarkstown police officer, William Sherwood, resigned his position after being accused of filing for overtime that he did not complete. Sherwood worked for Clarkstown for more than 10 years. After the investigation on his overtime confirmed that he was not actually working during four hours that he filed for, […]