BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Over 15,000 Rockanders turned out to the polls on primary election day Tuesday, September 12. Voter turn out was highest among Democrats, largely drawn out by the contest for Surrogate Court justice between Legislator Alden Wolfe and Keith Cornell. The New City lawyer, Cornell, won the race handily, 5,549 votes to 4,314, […]
Most candidates would be disqualified but politicians get away with it STAFF EDITORIAL ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES This year’s Democratic primary for Rockland County Surrogate Court justice has exposed an obscure but real flaw in the rule book that governs New York State judicial campaigns. It is well known that judicial candidates are restricted in their campaign activities because their position […]
ED DAY – CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRIMARY, COUNTY EXECUTIVE Most Conservative Party members support Ed Day’s regime, but if party members don’t get out to vote on Tuesday a renegade candidate supported by a Ramapo faction of the party could take the line. Conservative Party Chairman Bill Beckmann and the Committee endorsed Ed Day, giving him […]
BY GEORGE HOEHMANN, Supervisor, Town of Clarkstown Every year since September 11, 2001, the Town of Clarkstown has held a remembrance ceremony at Town Hall. The ceremony gives us the opportunity to honor our friends, neighbors and loved ones who perished on September 11, 2001.  The more years that go by, the more important it is […]
BY THOM KLEINER Candidate, Orangetown supervisor Over the past several months I have met hundreds of Orangetown residents at their doors as I have campaigned for Supervisor. Everyone wants an affordable town, safe neighborhoods and clean air. But one issue dominates all others, regardless of age, party, or ideology: the fervent desire to preserve the character and integrity of […]