The first North Rockland Supervisors’ Debate will be held at Fieldstone Middle School on October 3, 2013, from 7 – 9 p.m. Sponsored by the North Rockland Business Alliance and the North Rockland Community Facebook page, the debate will offer both candidates and currently elected Supervisors from both the towns of Haverstraw and Stony Point […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Spring Valley – County Executive candidate and former Spring Valley justice David Fried is no stranger to suspicious campaign contributions, but his latest might resound even louder than his previous associations with convicted felons. Campaign filings from the 2009 10 day post-primary and 2009 11 day pre-primary, both of which preceded his […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The first thing a visitor notices outside of 151 Wells Avenue in Congers is the perfume of peppermint, gently permeating the clear September air. This is the home of Star Kay White, Rockland County manufacturer of world-renowned extracts and flavorings. But more than that, the building houses a family owned and operated […]
The more than 2.6 million New Yorkers who receive the School Tax Relief exemption will need to re-apply as part of the state’s efforts to combat fraud within the system. This month, the State Department of Taxation and Finance began mailing letters to homeowners, providing instructions on how to reapply for the STAR Program. If […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN About 50 Clarkstown residents, primarily from the S. Little Tor neighborhood, turned out for an initial meeting last Thursday night to learn more about the proposed construction of a three story, 160 unit senior residential building on New Valley Road in New City. The 12-acre undeveloped lot is located just behind the […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL At the town board workshop meeting for Clarkstown on September 24 there were two presentations made to the board and the public. The first was by Daniel Duthie, Esq. about the Clarkstown Lighting District. The second was by Dennis Malone about the garage consolidation. Supervisor Alexander Gromack explained that the town […]