On April 11, 2014 at 6:30 p.m., The Clarkstown Reformed Church at 107 Strawtown Road, West Nyack, New York will dedicate and open the Clarkstown Reformed Church Food Pantry. The pantry will be open on Sunday afternoons and is established to assist anyone who is having a hard time making ends meet. Food in the […]
State police and local law enforcement to conduct statewide cell phone and texting while driving crackdown April 10 – 15 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced that State Police and local law enforcement are stepping up patrols and checkpoints throughout the state from April 10 – 15 as part of “Operation Hang Up,” which […]
The Board of Trustees of the Pearl River Public Library announces that the annual Budget Vote and Trustee Election is scheduled to be held at the Pearl River Public Library on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Individuals interested in running for membership on the Pearl River Public Library Board of Trustees must submit a petition signed […]
Orangeburg, NY. On Tuesday, March 25, 2014, LIU Hudson at Rockland hosted a panel discussion entitled, Debunking The Myths About Working with Veterans. Professor Joe Falco, with the Department of Counseling at LIU Hudson at Rockland, moderated the event, which was sponsored by the graduate school’s Counseling Honor Society. The panelists, comprised of three Marine […]
“Two percent cap” actually changes yearly BY KATHY KAHN There’s more to the two percent tax cap than meets the eye. Introduced in 2011 and put into law in April, 2012, the two percent tax cap’s purpose was to keep school districts and local taxing jurisdictions’ budget levies limited to the lesser of two percent […]
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 […]