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Gordon Wren Jr. Photo: Ricky Flores/The Journal News
“Gordon Wren Jr., who has guided Rockland County’s response to countless fires, floods, explosions, hurricanes, blizzards and other natural and man-made disasters, is retiring after more than a quarter century.
Wren, 70, of Wesley Hills, will leave his post as the county’s director of fire and emergency services on April 30. [Read more…]
“A rabbinical college is preparing to apply for approval for the first phase of its dormitory school in Pomona following a judgment and injunction handed down this week in the nearly decade-old legal tussle.
The judgment forces the village of 3,200 to accept and process the Congregation Rabbinical College of Tartikov’s site plan application to house 250 students and their families along Routes 202 and 306, according to Paul Savad of Nanuet, one of Tartikov’s attorneys. [Read more…]
An important Chestnut Ridge Zoning Board of Appeals meeting will be held at the Chestnut Ridge Middle School at 7:30 Monday night March 19. Here’s the message from CUPON: [Read more…]
Front Page of the Journal News March 17
“Christopher St. Lawrence, whose name was once synonymous with power, is now just another inmate with an eight-digit number in a federal prison camp, sleeping on a cot and with a rigid daily work schedule imposed by authorities. [Read more…]
“Former Ramapo town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence surrendered Thursday to federal prison officials in Pennsylvania to begin his 30-month term for fraud.
St. Lawrence, 67, arrived at the Federal Prison Camp Canaan, in Waymart, Pennsylvania, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. The camp — with dormitory-style living quarters — is considered a low-security facility, and is next to a high-security prison. [Preserve Ramapo Editor Note: Canaan is the prison Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli requested to serve his 7-year sentence. Shkreli ended up in Brooklyn Municipal Detention Center.] [Read more…]
Christopher St. Lawrence and his attorney at Federal Courthouse Photo: Ricky Flores/The Journal News
“Disgraced former Ramapo town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence is scheduled to start prison life on Thursday.
St. Lawrence, of Wesley Hills, faces 30 months behind bars at a federal penitentiary. His sentence could be shortened by 54 days per year for good behavior under federal rules, which prohibit parole.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons cannot say where St. Lawrence will serve his time until he reports. [Read more…]
“The Board of Trustees has extended the village’s building moratorium for another three months to allow a committee to finish its review of zoning regulations governing development, businesses and houses of worship.
The five-member board left the door open for extending the moratorium for an additional three months in June if needed by the Comprehensive Plan Update Committee. [Read more…]
 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING – March 13, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Draft of Comprehensive Plan Update The Comprehensive Plan will be the basis for the land use policy of the Village and will guide future growth and development. A copy of the Draft Comprehensive Plan will be available for review at the Village Hall offices and is available online. Please click the link below to view and/or download an electronic copy of the draft. Click here to View the Updated Comprehensive Plan Draft. |