PRESS RELEASE The Clarkstown, NY GOP Committee Chair, Robert A. Axelrod, announced the start of a new campaign to utilize the talents, resources and efforts of our 200+ committee members to help make our community a better place. The campaign, which will be called “We Care About Clarkstown”, will identify opportunities to lend our support […]
A Rockland County Times EXCLUSIVE — See letter from executive committee at bottom of article BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Since becoming a state senator, David Carlucci has made some surprising moves in Albany. In a business in which “you gotta serve somebody,” Carlucci has chosen New York City Senator Jeff Klein as his boss. Klein is […]
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 […]
On January 14, 2013 at approximately 10:50 p.m. the Clarkstown Police Department arrested Komi Kalefe, 22, Bronx, NY and Gary Taylor, 26, Mount Vernon, NY. Police allege that Kalefe and Taylor utilized fraudulent Visa credit cards to obtain merchandise and assorted gift cards from Barnes & Noble and Target located at the Palisades Mall. During […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Clarkstown had its annual reorganization meeting last Thursday, January 3. This is the meeting where elected government officials are sworn into office and the town supervisor offers a state of the town address. Town Justice Rolf M. Thorsen was sworn into office by Family Court Jude William Warren. Thorsen was accompanied […]
An army of Clarkstown vultures hold watch over the trash receptacles at New City Gardens. The alpha vulture was overheard squawking, “A mammal’s trash is an ave’s treasure.” Images captured by Yaroslav Sygnatovych, resident of New City Gardens, native of Ukraine.