BY MICHAEL CAHILL CORRECTION In the previous posting of this article, it was written that Marge Hook resigned from volunteering at the shelter in 2003. This information is incorrect. Marge Hook resigned in 2010 after having been a volunteer since 1990. Several county legislators announced last week that they are sponsoring a resolution that would […]
More than $2.5 million in HUD grants awarded to not-for-profits, municipalities Rockland County announced a total of $2,656,071 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding for Rockland County not-for-profit organizations, towns and villages in grant awards from the County’s Office of Community Development. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds totaled $1.9 million, HOME […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Tuesday’s town board meeting in Clarkstown was dominated by questions from town residents. Tom Nimick spoke out once again about resolution 38-2012 which concerned the retention of Jay Savino. “Your response in public response have not resolved the questions that I have raised, rather they have resulted in contradictions that would […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Budget Talks, and officially closing three schools The North Rockland Central School met for a Committee of the Whole Board Workshop Session of the Board of Education Tuesday night in the North Rockland Administration Building to discuss next year’s budget and vote to officially close several schools. This week’s meeting opened with […]
At approximately 1:13 p.m. On March 21, 2012 , the Town of Ramapo Police received reports of a one car motor vehicle accident, involving a town of Ramapo highway truck. Responding officers discovered that the town pickup truck had struck a utility pole and subsequently caught on fire. The town highway worker suffered and injury […]
Henry Clayton, Age 45, of Boiceville, New York, was sentenced on March 20, 2012, before New York State County Court Justice William K. Nelson to a state prison term of 3 years and 5 years post release supervision after pleading guilty to Assault in the Second Degree District Attorney, Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on […]