Isidro Cancel reappointed deputy supervisor, embattled fire safety inspector Fred Viohl receives more duties BY KOREY WILSON Haverstraw lawmakers set the political tone for the town at last week’s reorganization meeting. During the January 5 meeting, Town Supervisor Howard T. Phillips set the guidelines for the new year and appointed officials to various posts. One […]
On Janurary 18, United Water New York officials announced that the New York State Department of Enviromental Conservation has provided draft permits for the Haverstraw Water Supply Project. The DEC has decided, after review, that the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was complete and ready for public view. According to United Water’s vice president […]
Editor, As a North Rockland resident, this past year I have seen my school property taxes increase nearly 8 percent, my town taxes increase 2.9 percent and my county property taxes will increase by more than 30 percent, in addition to several other county taxes that add up to the equivalent of another 30 percent. […]
BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM Tuesday night’s North Rockland School Board meeting started off with the usual transformation plan update at 6:30 p.m. before it moved onto the general meeting at 7:30 p.m. The transformation meeting was rather short due to some issues that were still being figured out, surprising many parents. The board produced a […]
Concerns of NYS Open Meetings Law raised during meeting; Supervisor Phillips says Lynn Teger should apologize BY KOREY WILSON The Town of Haverstraw held a special meeting Wednesday morning to adopt the town’s 2012 tax rates. The only public notice of this meeting was placed on the Journal News website the day before. Lynn Teger, […]
BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM At Tuesday’s monthly update on “NRCSD Transforming Our Future” Superintendent Ileana Eckert presented “’Plan B’ Attendance Lines and cost-containment.” Plan B differs from Plan A in several ways. Plan A took current middle school lines and simply dropped them down into the elementary school level. Plan B used the same transportation […]