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Rockland County Vows To Foreclose On Commercial Tax-Deliquent Properties Rockland County Vows To Foreclose On Commercial Tax-Deliquent Properties
Rockland County Vows To Foreclose On Commercial Tax-Deliquent Properties RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Taxpayers should not have to support commercial property owners who do not pay their taxes, Rockland County County Executive Ed Day said Tuesday, standing aside Patrick Farm while announcing the start of an aggressive effort to foreclose on non-residential property owners who are in arrears. Day has chosen to begin the crackdown with the 208-acre Patrick Farm, owned by Scenic Development, LLC in Ramapo because it is the largest, non-residential tax delinquent in Rockland. "It's the most egregious example," Day said. Scenic Development owes more than $350,000 in bac…

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Clarkstown's 225th Birthday Celebration Kicks Off With House Tour Clarkstown's 225th Birthday Celebration Kicks Off With House Tour
Clarkstown's 225th Birthday Celebration Kicks Off With House Tour WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- 225 years to the date of Clarkstown's founding, town officials welcomed a group of history lovers who began a day-long multiple-house tour at the Vanderbilt-Budke house on the Traphagen site next to Germonds Park. Members of the Kingston, N.Y.-based Society for the Preservation of Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture, a group concerned with the study, appreciation and restoration of early Dutch homes and barns, was welcomed by Clarkstown Town Supervisor George Hoehmann. "This is personal," Hoehmann said, about wanting to restore the 1739 Vanderbilt-Budke house,…

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Rockland's River Rowing Association Aims To Raise $15K For Matching Grant Rockland's River Rowing Association Aims To Raise $15K For Matching Grant
Rockland's River Rowing Association Aims To Raise $15K For Matching Grant NYACK, N.Y. -- Kids piled into River Rowing Association's studio early Saturday morning to row their way to raising more than $5,000 needed to qualify for a $15,000 matching grant from Crestron Electronics, a New Jersey company with a presence in Orangeburg. The company is a long-time supporter of River Rowing. The anticipated total of $30,000 will be used to purchase two Fillippi shells. Crestron's owner George Feldstein, who died recently, was a passionate supporter of River Rowing, said Peter Klose, the association's director. "He had been a serious biker. But he had an injury and h…

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Business
Rockland Business Association Urged To Think More Regionally Rockland Business Association Urged To Think More Regionally
Rockland Business Association Urged To Think More Regionally NYACK, N.Y. -- Rockland's business leaders on Thursday were pressed to think more regionally about how they do business at Rockland Business Association's monthly luncheon, which was held at Nyack Seaport. "We need to be less parochial," said RBA President Al Samuels, telling some 200 attendees that 24% of the association's membership is outside the county. "We need to be thinking more regionally to get the benefits from New York State and the federal government."  Samuels said he'd been "converted" to this way of thinking by Jonathan Drapkin, president/CEO of …

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Lifestyle
DVlicious Finalist Red Hill Cafe Ranks As A Rockland County Top Pick DVlicious Finalist Red Hill Cafe Ranks As A Rockland County Top Pick
DVlicious Finalist Red Hill Cafe Ranks As A Rockland County Top Pick NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Rockland County is full of places to get your caffeine fix, but if you want to perk up with the strongest espresso, the richest cappuccino or the most thoughtfully made cuppa joe, there are a handful of absolute musts -- at least according to Daily Voice readers who selected three among the best of the best. Each is now vying for a spot in our ongoing DVlicious contest. The winner will be chosen Monday, March 21 at 5 p.m., soon after voting closes. In the meantime, here’s a brief profile of one our our finalists. Each nominee has been highlighted this week before the ultima…

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The Secret To Long Marriage Is Compromise, Rockland Couple Discovers The Secret To Long Marriage Is Compromise, Rockland Couple Discovers
The Secret To Long Marriage Is Compromise, Rockland Couple Discovers NYACK, N.Y. -- They're both 85 years old and have enjoyed 60 years of marriage. And they look like a pair of teenagers, clutching hands and drinking coffee while ambling down Nyack's Main Street on Tuesday afternoon. Ed and Jo Borrazzo of Nanuet have been through it all but they view every day as a good chance to enjoy each other's company. "We like to walk down by the river and feed the birds," said Jo. Ed was enjoying the near-spring day, feeling relief for having recently done his taxes. The pair try to enjoy their time, though doctor's visits do take up a lot of their time. A…

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DVlicious Coffee Contest: Beans Reign Supreme At Art Cafe Of Nyack DVlicious Coffee Contest: Beans Reign Supreme At Art Cafe Of Nyack
DVlicious Coffee Contest: Beans Reign Supreme At Art Cafe Of Nyack NYACK, N.Y. -- Rockland County is full of places to get your caffeine fix, but if you want to perk up with the strongest espresso, the richest cappuccino or the most thoughtfully made cuppa joe, there are a handful of absolute musts -- at least according to Daily Voice readers who selected three among the best of the best. Each is now vying for a spot in our ongoing DVlicious contest. The winner will be chosen Monday, March 21 at 5 p.m., soon after voting closes. In the meantime, here’s a brief profile of one our our finalists. Each nominee is being highlighted this week before the ultimate …

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Precision Gunsmiths Is Only Game In Rockland County Precision Gunsmiths Is Only Game In Rockland County
Precision Gunsmiths Is Only Game In Rockland County VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. -- Recently, a debate flared up on a Facebook page with a poster wondering why in the world a gun seller opened shop alongside a Tattoo parlor and a Subway in a Route  303 strip mall. What Daily Voice learned was this: Precision Gunsmiths LLC has occupied the narrow 500 square foot space for three years. Its owner Marty Tenebaum services guns, he does not sell them. Tenenbaum's family commercial real estate concern owns the entire shopping center. And, that gunsmithing, is not only a dying art, but Precision Gunsmith is the only one of the kind in the county.  Mostly h…

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Neighbors
WRCR Exec. On A Mission To Promote Green Cemeteries WRCR Exec. On A Mission To Promote Green Cemeteries
Wrcr Exec. On A Mission To Promote Green Cemeteries POMONA, N.Y. -- You meet Kerry Potter and in your mind’s eye you see a cheerleader shaking pom poms. Aside from her wholesome good looks, the director of Business Development at WRCR for the past six years, oozes energy. Potter is in charge of new advertisers and programming. She also has a talk show on Fridays at noon, “Lunchtime Talk with Jeff and Kerry.” But Potter, who is full of life and energy, is using her station in life, so to speak, to promote an issue that is hard to talk about: death. More specifically, green cemeteries, which, like any back-to-earth movement, is all about strip…

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Farm Group, Clarkstown Terminate Agreement Farm Group, Clarkstown Terminate Agreement
Farm Group, Clarkstown Terminate Agreement WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- The Town of Clarkstown and the Rockland Farm Alliance have ended an agreement that had allowed the farming group to live in an historic building and farm the land on a nine-acre parcel next to Germonds Park known as the Traphagen Property. Clarkstown officials last week confirmed that a license agreement that was signed last August has been made null and void. Former Supervisor Alex Gromack had negotiated the specific terms of the license agreement with the Farm Alliance without participation from the larger council. However council members had given him the power to do s…

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