This week, the Rockland County Water Quality Coordinating Committee hosted a public meeting featuring a guest speaker from WildLawn, a professional land renovation firm that works with homeowners to integrate more sustainable management practices. While homeowners generally account for a smaller portion of the pollution introduced to our environment, sometimes described as “a drop in […]
One house, two acts and a span of fifty years set the stage for Bruce Norris’ 2010 play Clybourne Park, Elmwood Playhouse’s second production of their 76th season. The Tony and Pulitzer award-winning show, which opened on Friday, November 10 and will continue to run until Saturday, December 2, is one that Elmwood Board of […]
The Town of Clarkstown has a well-deserved reputation for fair but strict code enforcement. Under my administration, the Town has taken a number of proactive steps to strengthen the town’s ability to detect, cure, and prosecute violations when necessary. Clarkstown has quadrupled the number of full time Code Enforcement Officers, who report to the Town’s Building Inspector. The 2023 […]
by Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann This Saturday, March 18th, marks the 232nd anniversary of the founding of Clarkstown. In thinking about this milestone, I decided to go back and take a look at the early history of the town. The best early recorded history appears in a lengthy chapter in an 1884 book simply titled […]
A person was arrested and three people were seriously injured following a car crash that left a vehicle overturned in Haverstraw Friday night. Upon arriving to West Railroad Avenue at the intersection of Kennedy Drive & Andrews Drive, police said one vehicle was overturned and another vehicle was on the sidewalk, suffering heavy damage. The […]
A 52-year-old Spring Valley resident was killed at KJ Tile Warehouse in West Haverstraw following a forklift accident Thursday morning. Haverstraw first responders were called to the scene at 8:40 a.m. and found Carlos Ramirez-Hernandez lying on the floor surrounded by broken boxes of tile. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. […]