As the election nears, it appears that more calls come in to point out a possible abuse of governments' money or a conspiracy.

Today's call was about Haverstraw Highway Department's dump trucks transporting dirt from a construction site on Railroad Avenue to the highway garage.

The caller, Louis "Butch" Babcock, a Republican who is running for town [...]

Haverstraw police have reported to the county Board of Elections that Haverstraw village mayoral candidate Craig Jackson does not live at the address that he reported for his voter registration. The same address0 also was listed as his residence on his petitions to run for mayor.

The police report became available under a Freedom of Information [...]

The Town of Haverstraw Democratic Committee will sponsor a picnic for residents 55 and older at Bowline Point Park at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 8.

Food and beverages will be served and there will be entertainment.

Transportation will be available about 11 a.m. at Haverstraw Place, about 11:10 a.m. at Warren Knolls and about 11:20 a.m. at Walnut [...]

Late yesterday afternoon, I was covering a welcome-home reception for the Haverstraw Little League softball team, which advanced in the Little League Softball Junior Division World Series all the way to the semifinals. They finished fourth in the series.

The girls were tired because on Sunday, they flew back to Syracuse from Washington State, where the [...]

Former Haverstraw village trustee Ricky Sanchez, who is running for mayor, said most of his election signs were either vandalized or disappeared over the weekend.

Sanchez said he put up about 30 signs around noon Saturday.

On Sunday morning, his supporters called him up and told him that his signs were spray-painted. He drove around the village [...]

Pomona Mayor Nick Sanderson yesterday refused to disclose any information about how much it would cost to receive services from Robinson & Cole LLP., a law firm that was hired by the village to fight a lawsuit brought by a Jewish congregation.

The congregation wants to build a rabbinical college on a 130-acre site off Routes [...]

"Friends of Stony Point," an independent political party, recently chose its candidates for the November election.

The slate is a mixture of Republicans and Democrats.

For town supervisor, the party endorsed Jerry Rogers, a Republican.

Two seats are up for election on the Town Board, and the party chose James White, a Republican, and George Potanovic, president of [...]

Haverstraw town's Democrats are likely to have a primary election as a recently retired police detective plans to declare his candidacy this evening for a seat on the Town Board.

Hector Soto, 60, of Pomona, said he would make an announcement at 6 tonight at the Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library on Route 202 that he [...]

Haverstraw village Mayor Francis “Bud� Wassmer said today that he started a diet June 3 and had lost about 18 pounds so far. His goal was to lose about 30 pounds more.
Wassmer said he was closely watching daily calorie intake and keeping it about 1,100 carolies. To maintain his calorie intake low, he said he [...]

The Stony Point Democratic Committee this week elected John Brenner as committee chairman.

Former chairman John Kezek stepped down at the convention last month to run for county legislator representing District 1, challenging incumbent Douglas J. Jobson, a Republican.

During the meeting this week, the committee also nominated Luanne Konopko to run for Town Board seat, filling [...]

Haverstraw village Mayor Francis "Bud" Wassmer has been out of town since Friday. He said he’d be visiting Dominican Republic and would be back late May 30.
The village's regular meeting at 8 p.m. tonight at Village Hall will be held without the mayor.
Prior to his departure, Wassmer said that he had barely missed [...]

Town board and village board meetings can be amusing, but I would list the recent Haverstraw village board meeting as one of my favorites.
Straight-faced Mayor Francis “Budâ€? Wassmer, sitting in Village Hall’s meeting room Monday night, told the board members that he recently sent a letter to Mirant â€" the energy company that successfully challenged [...]

Haverstraw Town Supervisor Howard Phillips left me a message on my answering machine Friday (I was off for working Saturday).

In response to my story on the Gurnee Avenue tunnel replacement project in Haverstraw village, which was published the day before, he said that next time I wrote about the project, I should include him in [...]

Stony Point Town Clerk Fran Mullin said today that she hasn’t made any decisions regarding the November election.
Earlier this week, the Stony Point Republican Committee nominated Megan Carey for town clerk.
The nomination stirred the small town government because Carey has been working under Town Clerk Fran Mullin, a Democrat, who has been training [...]

On Tuesday, I received a call from June Jobson, chairwoman of the Stony Point Republican Committee. She told me about the committee’s nominations for the November local election.

The most interesting outcome was Megan Carey for town clerk. Carey has been working under Town Clerk Fran Mullin. In November 2005, incumbent Mullin, a Democrat, was the [...]

About a month ago, I wrote about Stony Point Town Board member Geoffrey Finn’s complaint regarding George Potanovic’s appointment to the Comprehensive Plan Committee.

Finn argued that the appointment should have been made by the Board’s vote, not by Supervisor Phil Marino’s lone decision. Finn said the meeting was illegal because it included Potanovic, who was [...]

Preserve Ramapo endorsed Nick Sanderson for mayor and Brett Yagel and Rita Louie for trustees for the March 20 Pomona village election.

According to the organization’s Web site, the organization valued those three candidates’ preparedness for dealing with challenges based on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

Pomona is expecting a proposal for a rabbinical [...]

Election signs along Route 306 near the intersection of Route 202 became a source of controversy because of their location.

The 100-acre lot along the Route 306 is the site for a yet-to-be-proposed rabbinical college, which could double the village’s population.

The signs were for incumbents Mayor Herbert Marshall and Trustee Alan Lamer, who are seeking reelections, [...]

Stony Point Town Board member Geoffrey Finn said the town’s recent Comprehensive Plan Committee meeting was illegal because it included a resident who was not supposed to be there.
The person in question was George Potanovic, president of the Stony Point Action Committee for the Environment. Potanovic said he attended the meeting because Supervisor Phil Marino, [...]

Residents of Moorea Court in Garnerville are concerned about a possible traffic impact from the new Commerce Bank building planned at the corner of Route 202 and Moorea Court.

Residents, such as Tom McCabe of Moorea Court, voiced their concerns during the Haverstraw Town Board meeting last night.

McCabe said the bank’s plan to create an exit [...]

A "do not drink the water" warning for the 50 homes in the Village Mill I condominium in Haverstraw village was delayed more than four hours because United Water New York did not notice the complex was in the area affected by a water main break.
Larry Palant, the condo's property manager, said today that he [...]