- April
- 23
Haverstraw Village Clerk Emma Velez told me yesterday that she wanted to remind residents that Village Hall at 40 New Main St., has been offering extended business hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. the first and third Mondays every month. The Building Department will be open until 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month.
The village started offering extended hours last month to “make village government more accessible to the people,†said Mayor Michael Kohut.
Velez said residents still didn’t know about the extended hours because not so many people were taking advantage of it.
Call Village Hall at 845-429-0300 for more information.
Posted by Akiko Matsuda on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm |
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- February
- 23
I stopped by Haverstraw Center this week, where the Haverstraw Collaborative — a group of local agencies serving the village youth and families — was hosting a week-long event for children during the school break.
When I was visiting, multiple programs — including a knitting class, a group discussion, and exercises — were ongoing, and participating children looked all excited.
Jeanmarie Zubko, counselor at the center, said about 100 children participated in this year’s event. The number had doubled from last year, since said.
Haverstraw Village Mayor Michael Kohut, a supporter of the project, was pleased to see the successful event.
“Kids do enjoy it,” Kohut said. “The more things they get to do, the less chance they get in trouble.”
The children were supposed to celebrate the center’s first anniversary last night as part of the week-long event. But the reception was postponed to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 29 due to the weather.
Posted by Akiko Matsuda on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 am |
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- December
- 31
This is part one of our Year In Review podcast. Check out part two above. Happy New Year!
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Posted by Christina Jeng on Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 11:58 pm |
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- October
- 18
Angelo Cintron and Ricky Sanchez, both Democrats and former Haverstraw village trustees, will be formally endorsing two Republican candidates, not their fellow Democrats, in November.
According to a statement released yesterday, Cintron and Sanchez support incumbents District Attorney Michael Bongiorno and Haverstraw village Mayor Francis “Bud” Wassmer.
Democrat Tom Zugibe, former West Haverstraw village justice, is challenging Bongiorno. Democrat Mike Kohut, Haverstraw village trustee, is running against Wassmer.
Sanchez ran against Kohut in the Democratic primary in September and was defeated by 36 votes.
Cintron unsuccessfully ran for mayor against Wassmer in 2003.
“In the past, both Angelo and I have had disagreements with the mayor, but we have never questioned his dedication and hard work in improving the village,� Sanchez stated in the press release. “Of the two candidates for mayor, there is no question that Mayor Wassmer is the best choice.�
Cintron said that he decided to support the Republicans because he believed that they were the best people for the community.
“We know that it’s highly unusual for two lifelong Democrats like ourselves to endorse Republican candidates,� Cintron said.
Cintron and Sanchez will officially announce of their endorsement at 2 p.m. tomorrow at 41 New Main St.
Posted by Akiko Matsuda on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 12:30 pm |
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- October
- 2
Ricky Sanchez, who finished second in the Haverstraw mayoral race in the Democratic primary, recently said he had not decided if he would support the winner, Mike Kohut.
Kohut, who got 385 votes in the primary, will run against Republican incumbent Francis “Bud” Wassmer in November.
To Kohut, getting support from Sanchez, who got 349 votes in the primary, appeared to be critical to beat Wassmer.
But Sanchez said he was seriously assessing which candidate he wanted to support, indicating that there was a chance that he might pick Wassmer.
If Sanchez decided to support Wassmer, he would have to explain his reasoning to his supporters because people may still remember the public scuffle in 2002 between Wassmer and Sanchez, when he was a village trustee.
Posted by Akiko Matsuda on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 at 7:18 pm |
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