PRESS RELEASE (New City) – Supervisor George Hoehmann announced yesterday the first of a series of Tele-Town Hall forums to begin on Monday, February 1, 2016. These forums will be conducted over the phone, allowing the residents of Clarkstown to have direct access to their supervisor and town government. “Communication is the cornerstone of having […]
BY BILL DEMAREST NEW CITY – As snow pummeled the county Saturday morning, volunteer firefighters from New City, Congers and Hillcrest and West Nyack were called on to handle a totally different kind of emergency: a blaze at a house on Old Hempstead Road in New City. The fire was reported just before 9 a.m. […]
PHOTOS BY AL THOMPSON Southern portions of the county received up to 18,” while New York City fell just a tenth of an inch short of its record, with 26.8 inches recorded at Central Park. The weekend blizzard was enjoyed by many children in Rockland who had the chance to sled and play in the […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Once boasting a pink exterior, the five-bedroom house 1 LaVeta Place in Nyack hardly looks haunted. It isn’t, and it is. Wright Bros. Real Estate agent Nancy Blake Weber said its two previous owners — including Indie singer and songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, who sold it for $1.77 million just before Christmas — […]
BY JENNA HUTCHINS Rockland residents interested in applying for civil service exams may soon see an increase in the application fees. Joan Silvestri, the county’s commissioner of Personnel, discussed the prospect of a price hike at the County Legislature’s Budget & Finance meeting, Tuesday night. Prior to 2012, there were no fees for civil service […]
Trump may skip Pre-Iowa Fox Debate After Donald Trump and Meghan Kelly’s small feud, Donald Trump has now threatened not to show up to Thursday’s Fox News/Google debate. Fellow Republican candidates criticized Trump for backing out, with Jeb Bush tweeting @realDonaldTrump Do you know who else is scared of tough qs from Fox & @megynkelly? […]