RETIRED POLICE DOG “KING” PASSES AWAY

RETIRED POLICE DOG “KING” PASSES AWAY

The Clarkstown Police Department regrets to announce the passing of retired police K9 “King,” longtime partner of PO Bob Reilly. King passed away last Thursday.  He had retired in 2016 after eight years of “exemplary” service to the Department and to the Town of Clarkstown. “King” was an 11-year-old German Shepherd born in the Czech […]

South Nyack neighborhood seeks legal help against bridge SUP

South Nyack neighborhood seeks legal help against bridge SUP

BY JANIE ROSMAN Drivers honked and waved as they passed South Franklin Street and Clinton Avenue, where members of Preserve South Nyack gathered the Raymond G. Esposito Memorial Trail. The group is concerned about a spur connecting the trail to the new bridge’s shared use path and its implementation. “They talked about putting a paved […]

BaMar Residents Hear New State Proposal

BaMar Residents Hear New State Proposal

BY KATHY KAHN BaMar in Stony Point, a manufactured home community on the town’s coastline battered by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, is still the site of 78 remaining homesteads. A packed audience filled Stony Point Center on Thursday, January 26, to learn what options would be available to them through the Governor’s Office of Storm […]

Orangetown Lands Huge Data Center; Could Replace 50 Vacant “Core” Buildings at RPC

Orangetown Lands Huge Data Center; Could Replace 50 Vacant “Core” Buildings at RPC

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown revealed Tuesday that it has apparently attracted one of America’s largest data centers to locate in Orangeburg, bringing a huge tax ratable to the town while also facilitating the demolition of more than 50 abandoned buildings at the town-owned former Rockland Psychiatric Center campus. It’s a […]

CHRIS DAY IS OFFICIALLY IN FOR ORANGETOWN SUPERVISOR

CHRIS DAY IS OFFICIALLY IN FOR ORANGETOWN SUPERVISOR

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 […]