Reports by the Journal News of a 10 percent county tax increase are presumptuous in light of the fact County Executive Ed Day still has vetoes up his sleeve and the County Legislature only narrowly passed their amendments to Day’s budget, which would have raised taxes only about 5 percent. Day can veto the entirety […]
Mystery surrounds motive of alleged murderer BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Less than 24 hours after the gruesome discovery of Michael Wimbert, 66, found stabbed to death inside his West Nyack apartment very early Tuesday, Dylan Lentini, 19, a homeless man who matched the description of a man reportedly seen fleeing the scene, was charged with murder in […]
Rockland County Times NEW CITY-Security at Rockland County Courthouse found some strange items at the foot of the stone bench in front of the courthouse last Wednesday morning prompting a response from the Rockland Sheriffs Bomb Squad. What they found wasn’t a bomb but what they deemed to be Santeria artificats “left intentionally to cause […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL Jersey Dutch Sandstone Colonial homes are exclusive to the Rockland/Bergen area, an outgrowth from cultural influences of the original settlers in Rockland. The Traphagen Vanderbilt-Budke is one of those homes. At the behest of Councilwoman Stephanie Hausner, Tim Adriance spoke at Clarkstown’s Town Board Workshop meeting on December 1 about the history […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Residents and elected officials packed Living Christ Church in South Nyack Tuesday to hear Tappan Zee Bridge Task Force members present four plans — designed by Thruway Authority engineers and ranging from $11 million to $24 million — to minimize impacts of the new bridge’s shared use path. South Nyack Mayor Bonnie […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Last week was the second time trial attorney and Clarkstown resident Mike Greenspan presented the End Distracted Driving Student Awareness Initiative to an 11th-grade class and 12th-grade students — some of whom have learner’s permits — at Clarkstown South High School. “You could see that these kids were very receptive to the […]