BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NEW CITY- It’s official, George Hoehmann is Clarkstown’s 45th supervisor. Supervisor Hoehmann was sworn in by Judge Craig Johns and then gave a State of the Town address to an overflow crowd of residents and town officials at the Town Hall’s first-floor auditorium on Monday, Jan 4. Hoehmann (R.), 50, a councilman […]
BY SAMANTHA MERCADO In November of this year a group of concerned parents and community members decided that something should be done about North Rockland’s full day kindergarten issue, or lack there of. The North Rockland full day kindergarten advocates have garnered considerable support in the North Rockland community in order to start their children […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Nanuet resident Jim Evers knows the importance of movement and fellowship with one’s community. “I started Grassroots Community Service Projects in 2010 shortly after my wife died in 2008,” Evers said. Since then the program added co-facilitators Leslie Barnett and recently Sally Borgman. Susan Lust heads the Movement for Joy program, which began […]
Rockland/Westchester judge swap Two Rockland and Westchester judges are trading places. Judge Rolf Thorsen of Rockland County is being moved to the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains while Judge David Zuckerman is being moved to the Rockland Courthouse in New City. Chief judge for the 9th Judicial District, Judge Alan Scheinkman, is responsible for […]
Local legend had worked at Tomkins Cove garage since his father opened it in 1940 He was as reliable as the morning sunrise for decade after decade. Sadly, not long after his Tomkins Cove garage closed after 75 years in business, Mr. Larkin was also laid to rest this week. He passed away on New […]
Citizen’s grand jury justifies action for redress of grievance, protesters say BY RAQUEL OKYAY Special to the Rockland County Times Up to 100 concerned citizens have been occupying an Oregon wildlife refuge since Tuesday, complaining that the local and federal government have been behaving tyrannically. The occupation spawned from a protest of about 150 persons […]