Unsung Hero: Darryl Draper, Clarkstown Auxiliary Police Captain Volunteer

Unsung Hero: Darryl Draper, Clarkstown Auxiliary Police Captain Volunteer

By Barry Warner Clarkstown Auxiliary police officers are community-concerned men and women from diverse backgrounds and occupations who volunteer to assist the police department by performing uniformed foot and vehicle patrols. They’re trained to provide the ‘eyes and ears’ of the police department by observing and reporting conditions requiring the services of regular police. “The […]

TOWN OF HAVERSTRAW OPENS 2019

TOWN OF HAVERSTRAW OPENS 2019

The Town of Haverstraw held its January 2019 meeting on January 14. The agenda contained 29 different items ranging from accepting police activity reports to allotting money for various town and repair projects. There was one part of the agenda that was not simply “town business.” This was the swearing in of two new Haverstraw […]

State Labor Department Releases Preliminary December 2018 Area Unemployment Rates

State Labor Department Releases Preliminary December 2018 Area Unemployment Rates

The New York State Department of Labor today released preliminary local area unemployment rates for December 2018. All metro areas experienced a reduction in the unemployment rate from the same month in 2017. Rates are calculated using methods prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The State’s area unemployment rates rely in part on the results […]

Peace Poster Contest Winner & Robert J Uplinger Award Recipient

Peace Poster Contest Winner & Robert J Uplinger Award Recipient

At the last Ramapo Lions Meeting Lion President John Twohie, PDG Lion and Peace Poster Chairwoman Maybelle Twohie and DG Lion Ellen Purcigliotti presented the Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest Winner Dallanara Santana of Kakiat School with a check for $100 from District 20R1 and $50 from the Ramapo Lions. Dallanara Santana was joined […]

WEST HAVERSTRAW LOOKING TOWARDS MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VILLAGE

WEST HAVERSTRAW LOOKING TOWARDS MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VILLAGE

By Keith S. Shikowitz People are constantly complaining that our representatives in the government allow politics to govern their way of doing things, and, as a result, it doesn’t do the job it’s supposed to for the people of the community. That’s not the case on the local level. The Trustees and Mayor of West […]