Nervous officials attack Rockland County Times, even while confirming the most important points of the article BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It was a rare scene last Tuesday night in Clarkstown Town Hall, as resident after resident read excerpts of the Rockland County Times’ controversial front page article from August 9, “House of Horrors,”demanding explanations from the […]
Registered Democrats have been doing Ed Lettre’s dirty work this season BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Town employees of Clarkstown and Ramapo who are registered Democrats have done a large share of the petition gathering for Conservative Party director Ed Lettre’s efforts to fill committee seats, the Rockland County Times has learned. Well-known Democrats Joel Epstein, code […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Vocalist Geoff Tate, the most famous member of the Seattle-based heavy metal outfit Queensryche, will no longer be a member of the band, Billboard reported this week. Tate and band-mates had been rumored to be at odds on a recent tour, and rumors became reality when four members of the band, including […]
Village won’t suspend inspector John Layne BY DYLAN SKRILOFF According to Mayor David Goldsmith of Wesley Hills, the principle “innocent until proven guilty” outweighs concerns over the ethical practices of Building Inspector John Layne brought to the fore by Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe. Layne retains his position as building inspector in the village […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Following the failure of the county to gain new revenue through a sales tax and mortgage transfer fee due to state legislators refusing to approve the measure, Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef found taxes he could raise without asking the state’s permission. Namely a new 4 percent energy surcharge on your […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Architects, planners and engineers from Wayne Corts’ marina in Stony Point were on hand at Tuesday’s Stony Point Town Board meeting David Zigler of Atzl, Scatassa & Zigler P.C. and Tim Miller of Tim Miller Associates presented to the board. The current plan is to build approximately 300 condo units over a […]