On Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18, Mayor Carl Wright of Sloatsburg and Mayor Ed Markunas of Suffern proudly hosted “Christmas Turkey Dinners To Go” lead by Korean War Veteran, Richie Jarcho, and The Veterans Angels. The Veterans Angels, a local non-for-profit group, provides service dogs to veterans at no cost for purposes of […]
The Satmar Hasidic sect brought hundreds of people to the village of Airmont board of Trustees meeting to protest the proposed building moratorium, thereby shutting down the meeting (due to lack of space). UTA has an application to build two school buildings on the old Regesh property on Cherry Lane Road. Because it’s 20 acres, […]
PRESS RELEASE – Supervisor George Hoehmann today announced the creation of an independent Audit Committee to help continue the Supervisor’s fiscal responsibility and reform agenda. The three-member panel will consist of experts in accounting, finance or both and not be compensated. “Since taking office I, along with the town board, have cut government spending, reduced […]
Chestnut Ridge man gets max in domestic violence case NEW CITY – A 23-year-old Chestnut Ridge man was sentenced Wednesday in Rockland County Court to one-and-one-third to four years in state prison – the maximum sentence – for his conviction on a charge of felony criminal mischief. Early on the morning of January 22, 2014, […]
Just in time for Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, a local Jewish school decided to convert sunlight into enough electricity to power over 90 percent of its annual use. With a 45,000-square foot rooftop array, Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland (ASHAR)Â is the first Jewish school in Rockland County to go solar. For Rabbi Ari […]
PRESS RELEASE – Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) greeted shoppers at the Palisades Mall to promote a new consumer friendly gift card law resulting from legislation that was passed and signed earlier this year. The new law delays the point in which fees may be charged for unused gift cards, and prevents an expiration of less […]