Republican Chris Day has officially announced his candidacy for the 2017 Orangetown supervisor race. He is the prohibitive favorite, although Democrats are making noise that Thom Kleiner will triumphantly return to politics to fight for the position. Day, who grew up in Clarkstown and moved to Orangetown with his wife and young children three years […]
WHY DID THEY SPY? Emails between former Clarkstown detective and Rockland County Intel Unit member Stephen Cole-Hatchard and his underling Kara Donahue show a curious interest in the social media postings of local citizens, the Rockland County Times has learned. Donahue sent Cole-Hatchard a 13-page email using a town email account on Dec. 11, 2015, […]
Christopher Smith, an experienced marketing professional and former political candidate, will become the next associate publisher of the Rockland County Times. The position has remained vacant since former associate publisher Dylan Skriloff purchased the newspaper and became owner and publisher. Smith is currently employed by Verizon Wireless, where he is ranked in the top 10 countrywide for consumer sales. He has […]
Rockland Man Accused of Swindling Union Funds A Tappan man was arrested and charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Enrico Rubano, 48, was accused of swindling a union’s health and retirement funds of $3.4 million by through phony invoices in a kickback scheme. Rubano was arrested on Jan. 19 along with […]
BY KATHY KAHN Congers-based Star Kay White got a bad taste in its mouth when owners realized a planned expansion at Orange County’s former Mid-Hudson Correctional site would be nearly double the $20 million the company had planned to allocate to build another 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space at the old jail site, now […]
BY KATHY KAHN Leg. Aaron Weider and Town of Ramapo Councilwoman Brenda Logan-Charles were among the 20 people gathered at Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley January 29 to learn about Improve Route 59. (www.improve59.com) Attorney Ryan Karben, spokesman for the new coalition, said the “funnel” that filters down from the multi-lane state road into […]