Updated at 6:30, 7:15 & 11:30 p.m. REPORT BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Journal News publisher Janet Hasson announced Friday evening that her newspaper is removing the infamous interactive gun-map from its website, in order to follow “the spirit” of New York’s new gun control law, which restricts the public availability of gun license data. Friday afternoon […]
POLICE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE JOURNAL NEWS LINK Updated at 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. The Journal News gun-map has found even more controversy. A house on Britta Lane in New City was burglarized yesterday, with two handguns, cash, jewelry and two gun permits among the items stolen, Clarkstown Police have announced. The residence was one of […]
DEC holds public hearing on Patrick Farm Development By Michael Riconda The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation hosted two public hearings on Monday, January 7 to discuss the legality of a proposed housing development at the site of Patrick Farm on Route 202 in Ramapo. The hearing focused upon concerns related to water […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL At a special town board meeting for the Town of Clarkstown on Tuesday, January 15, there was a public hearing on the “acquisition (by condemnation) of a permanent easement on a portion of property known as 59.18-1-22. Clarkstown Comptroller Edward Duer questioned witnesses about the property, which is located at 160 […]
NEWBURGH, N.Y. – January 2013 – The third annual Thomas Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, “Free Will and Moral Virtue,” will take place at Mount Saint Mary College from Thursday, June 13 through Sunday, June 16. The college is located at 330 Powell Ave., Newburgh, N.Y. Sponsored by the Mount’s Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Thomistic […]
Flu Virus Declared a State of Emergency Governor Cuomo announced on Saturday that the spread of the influenza virus in New York State has reached a state of emergency. After declaring the Public Health Emergency, an Executive Order was issued that temporarily allows for pharmacies to administer the flu vaccine to people aged six months […]