On Saturday, August 11, 2012, the Palisades Interstate Parkway will be closing the southbound lanes from Exit 18 to the George Washington Bridge from 2 am to 8 pm for the bicycling portion of the Ironman U.S. Championship. The New York State Police and the New York State Park Police will be facilitating the entrance/exit […]
The Board of Election in Albany ruled Tuesday, August 7 that Grant Valentine’s petition for the September 13 Democratic primary was disqualified because he did not have enough valid signatures. Valentine was seeking the seat of the 38th Senate District, competing with Sen. David Carlucci. The district covers Rockland and some of Westchester counties. According […]
“Five families” of Rockland politics hold secret meeting behind cemetery at the offices of the Working Families Party; unlikely personalities seek to save Ed Lettre’s leadership of the Conservative Party (EDITOR’S NOTE POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2012— PLEASE SEE ADDENDUM AT END OF STORY) BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Desperate times call for half-baked measures! Influential kingmaker in […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, August 7 a new regulation making it illegal to sell or possess bath salts or other synthetic drugs. The new regulation, issued by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and approved by the Public Health and Health Planning Council, will expand the list of prohibited drugs and chemicals […]
A class-action lawsuit is being brought by nearly 200 East Ramapo public school parents against the Board of Education for repeatedly misusing public funds. These residents claim that the board’s officials have repeatedly schemed to use public funds to support private religious institutions and have separated special education by race. With the help of the […]
Two convicted sex offenders moved to Clarkstown, Cassidy Armistead and Christopher Popolizio. Armstead, 37, now lives at 31 Cottage Place in Nanuet. He is a level-two offender with moderate risk to reoffend. He was convicted January 2007 for sexual abuse of a 21-year-old woman. Popolizio, 21, now lives at 6 Sunnybank Drive in Nanuet. He […]