BY CANDACE RIVERA This week’s Ramapo Town Hall meeting was short and to the point, including reconstruction plans for the embankments of the Mahwah River and ideas to go green. To the relief of many residents, the Mahwah River area has been tapped by FEMA for reconstruction due to Hurricane Irene. The plan is already […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Legislators vote confirm award transit contract to Brega Tansportation Corp. and CSEA Contract moves one step closer Tensions flared last Wednesday evening as county legislators voted to award the Brega Transportation Corp. a county bus transit contract drawing lawsuit threats from competitor, MV Transportation Corp. “I believe that we are under an […]
CORRECTION: The original version of this article stated that the next town board meeting will be October 11 at 8 p.m. The town has now changed the time to October 11 at 6 p.m. BY MICHAEL CAHILL Budget season is just around the corner and Haverstraw residents can expect to see their taxes go […]
As accused killer Eugene Palmer is most likely wandering or hiding somewhere within Harriman State Park, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is advising patrons to refrain from hiking in backcountry of the park this entire weekend due to the ongoing, multi-jurisdictional police search. Park authorities will also close Beaver […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Eugene Palmer wanted for murdering his daughter-in-law It’s the crime of the year in North Rockland. Mountain-man Eugene Palmer, of longtime North Rockland Palmer lineage, is accused of murdering his daughter-in-law Tammy Palmer on Monday and then escaping into the woods he knows so well. He’s yet to be found. His own […]
The biennial Rockland County Conservative Party convention, where leadership of the party is elected, will be held at Clarkstown Town Hall, 7 p.m., Wednesday, September 26. The date happens to be the second day of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, which runs from the evening of Tuesday, September 25 to […]