Town agrees to redress violations, pay $125,000 penalty BY BILL DEMAREST Originally published by the Nyack Free Press POMONA – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Colonel Paul E. Owen, Commander of the New York District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, announced today that […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER After courting her for years, James Dolan finally got himself the prettiest girl in the room. Phil Jackson, “The Zen Master” and owner of 13 championship rings (11 as a coach and 2 as a player for the New York Knicks) has returned to his basketball roots in New York, this time […]
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 […]