Middlewood Confirmed as Cash Infusion

BY MARIA BROWNSELL Recent talks about the sale of town-owned Middlewood Senior Complex in Clarkstown has sparked heated arguments over motives. “Why now?” seems to be the question of many. At the town board meeting on Tuesday, April 8, resident and blogger Michael Hull presented a few questions to Councilwoman Shirley Lasker and Clarkstown Comptroller […]

Be careful who you hire to do your taxes! DiNapoli says one shoddy tax contractor cost the state $6 million

From the Comptroller’s Office The state Department of Taxation and Finance ran up more than $6 million in overtime costs last year because of systemic problems with a contractor’s processing of paper returns and the department’s failure to fully assess the risks of using a new vendor and stringently monitor its work, according to an […]

SOMS DEBATE TEAM EXCELS IN BRONX TOURNEY

SOMS DEBATE TEAM EXCELS IN BRONX TOURNEY

On Saturday, April 5,2014 the South Orangetown Middle School (SOMS) Debate team competed in the New York City Urban Debate League (NYCUDL) Battle of the Boroughs Middle School Debate Tournament hosted by the Bronx High School of Science in the Bronx, NY. The tournament was the largest middle school debate tournament on the East Coast […]

Thank You Gardner!

Thank You Gardner!

Suffern resident honored for decades of service to village, 100th birthday Gardner Fairfield Watts received Andrew C. Haggerty Award for Outstanding Village Employee at the Suffern Village Board meeting on April 7. Watts, who celebrated his 100th birthday on April 3, has been village resident for 50 years, worked as a history teacher at Suffern […]

FOUNDING FATHER: Chief Scurti, founder of the Stony Point Police Department, honored with James V. Stewart Distinguished Career Service Award

FOUNDING FATHER: Chief Scurti, founder of the Stony Point Police Department, honored with James V. Stewart Distinguished Career Service Award

STORY SUBMITTED BY THE HAVERSTRAW ELKS Chief Stephen Scurti, the founding chief of the Stony Point Police Department, was honored with the James V. Stewart Distinguished Career Service Award on the 42nd Law Enforcement Recognition Night held in March by the Haverstraw Elks. This is Scurti’s story, which is also the story of the founding […]