County Clerk Paul Piperato is due to be roasted by local dignitaries next weekend at Platzl Brauhaus in a benefit for Leo Laders American Legion Post 130. Last year Haverstraw Supervisor Howard Phillips endured some abuse for a good cause and this year it’s his fellow Haverstraw native Piperato’s turn. Roasters include Haverstraw Town Justice […]
PRESS RELEASE Over 500 people have signed a petition protesting the Village of Montebello’s prosecution of Rockland resident Zev Oster for keeping two small beehives and blueberry bushes on 1.3 acre vacant lot on Spook Rock Road. Oster will appear in Montebello Village Court on Wednesday evening, May 27, at 5:15 p.m. The petition can […]
BY BILL DEMAREST OLD BRIDGE, N.J. – A young man from Stony Point was seriously injured on Tuesday morning in a crash that took place as he and three other friends were on their way to Great Adventure amusement park in Jackson, N.J., according to police. The Stony Point man, 18, was thrown from a […]
FTC takes aim at cancer charity fraudsters The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with attorney generals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, has charged the friends and family of a small group of alleged fraudsters for their administration of “cancer charities” which bilked donors out of over $187 million from 2008 to […]
Frustrated first-responders walk out after Soskin and Schoenberger delay vote BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY– The protection of emergency personnel from illegal housing modifications made by unscrupulous property-owners has been universally described as a critical, valid concern in the County Legislature. However, when it comes to offering even memorializing support for such protections, the rubber […]
New claims against former BOCES Hilltop principal Kimberly Taylor are similar to those exposed in a recent WABC investigation, which revealed verbal and possible physical abuse by Principal Taylor toward students at the school. In the new case, “Jane Doe” has accused Taylor of verbally accosting her son 10-year-old “John Doe” and laying her hands […]