It is Monday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day and Rocklanders are celebrating the official holiday as well as gearing up for the big Pearl River Parade on Sunday, March 23. Across the county celebrants can be found with family and at local parties, pubs and restaurants. Thousands more have flocked to New Y ork City […]
Clarkstown Board wants Congers Elementary students to vacate St. Augustine’s until their school reopens BY JANIE UHLMEYER Not a voice went unheard the evening of Thursday, March 13 as concerned parents, teachers, and students packed the auditorium of Felix Fiesta Middle School for the meeting of the Clarkstown Central School District Board. Residents’ main concern […]
FROM NY LOTTO Call it the luck of the Irish. As the famous Pearl River St. Patrick’s Day Parade approaches, the NY Lotto announced that Nicola “Nicki” Meehan of Pearl River is the latest jackpot winner on the popular Monopoly Jackpot scratch-off game from the New York Lottery. Meehan said she used the $15 she […]
Friedman lashes out at St. Lawrence, says he needlessly wasted $73,000 on energy contracts BY MICHAEL RICONDA RAMAPO – The Ramapo Town Board saw a brief skirmish between Councilman Daniel Friedman and Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence last Monday over energy contracts which Friedman claimed cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. Friedman proposed a new […]
A proposal introduced to the state legislature by Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski and supported by Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee seeks to designate illegal renovations to houses which could endanger first responders as a felony-level offense. Under the proposed laws, conversions to increase occupancy would be felonies if the party does not have all necessary permits and is […]
The Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad will operate extra trains to help those traveling to New York City for the 253rd St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Monday, March 17. Customers are advised not to bring alcoholic beverages, open or closed, on trains, platforms and stations through 5 a.m. on March 18. Alcoholic beverages […]