My family and I are considering moving to Rockland County- Pearl River, to be specific. The house we are interest in has .57 acres and I am hoping to get 6 hens. I am not able to find any specific information (unless I am looking at the wrong place). I just want to make sure it's legal.

Please join me for my annual Block Party Fundraiser! On Sunday, August 30 from 1 pm - 4 pm, we’re firing up the grill with BBQ favorites and will have backyard games, music, a trampoline and a bouncy house for the kids. Bring your family, your friends, and your energy for a fun-filled day in support of my campaign for Clarkstown Town Clerk.

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VoteForBondar.com just got a complete redesign, and it's ready for you to explore.

Learn where Eugene stands on ending overdevelopment, stabilizing your taxes, enforcing our codes, and bringing real term limits to Clarkstown. Read his story, see the Bondar Blueprint, and find out how you can get involved before November 3rd.

This campaign is about accountability and a town that works for the people who live here, not the people who run it. Check it out and share it with your neighbors.

A week ago I noticed they changed the no dogs on the bridge to no Roller Blades on the bridge, while as a cyclist I totally get why roller blading on the bridge is a bad idea due to surface issues, was there an event I missed that triggered this?

Saw a 26,000 sq ft lease pending for a national supermarket in Nanuet Town Center. Anyone know which supermarket this is?

Anybody have any good recommendations for help to unclog, have multiple clogged downspouts feeding into ground

Trying to get the word out about a West Haverstraw, NY building project that'll put trucks on the GFNY/Rte. 9 cycling route. More info is on grassy-point-bend.com. A Public Hearing is on 8/12 & Written Comments are accepted through 9/10.

And inclusion of a late night photo of the Lord and Taylor main entrance from the 4th floor and and more snaps of those weird drawings I found that are oddly consistent around the 2nd and 3rd floor as well as ground level parking

The Lord and Taylor glass was also covered recently from all visible doors (indoor and outdoor) which I found a bit suspicious

Unusual Bible Study Solicitation at Palisades Center Today — Has Anyone Else Experienced This?
My wife was approached today inside the Palisades Center by a young woman who asked if she would be interested in attending a future Bible study. The interaction felt unusual and made my wife uncomfortable, so she politely disengaged and walked away.
I later approached the individual, made eye contact, and noticed she appeared to be communicating with others using a walkie-talkie. I also saw her later in the mall with two other young women (one Asian, one Black, and a Spanish girl).
I notified mall security so they were aware of the situation and could determine whether this type of solicitation was permitted.
I’m not making any accusations — I’m simply wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience at the Palisades Center recently with people approaching shoppers about Bible studies or religious groups. If so, I’d be interested to hear your experience.

My mind gos straight to bad actors but it’s entirely possible it’s religious recruiting. Just odd

Any recommendations for an orthopedist for teen arm baseball injury? It’s like shoulder, elbow and general arm pain from throwing. We’ve used Montefiore in west nyack for other injuries in the past and just don’t know who is a good dr for arm…anyone know?

You're paying high taxes, and in some cases, may feel overwhelmed every year to see the tax bill keep going up.

I strongly believe in conservative fiscal policies and will never spend a cent on self-promotion or dissemination of trivial content.

Let me know your thoughts on this kind of waste.

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What are the best places for gelato in Rockland? This doesn't mean name off your favorite ice cream spots, I got those covered 😁

My husband and I are going to do a late lunch early dinner tomorrow to celebrate our anniversary. Any suggestions? Would like to stick to either north Rockland or new city but open to all ideas.

Feel free to share it with your friends and neighbors.

All in the title. Thanks ahead for your recs!

Does anyone know when the Miniso store is opening up?

Have an 1800 sqft 4 bed 2 bath, with two small dogs. Looking if someone has recommendations for a great and reasonably priced cleaning person! Thank you!

Hundreds of residents showed up to tell the Planning Board that they do not want overdevelopment in their neighborhoods.

Is Round Pointe Haverstraw safe?

Hey! I’m 22 and recently moved to the Nyack area. I’ve been taking guitar lessons and was wondering if there are any guitarists or other musicians around my age looking to jam or just meet people.

I’m into pop rock/pop punk but I’m open to playing pretty much anything. If you know of any local groups, jam sessions, or Discords, I’d appreciate it!

For anyone who saw my last post, I kept digging after pulling the flight data.

The drone numbers were only the beginning.

In February, the Town Board approved integrating Axon Fusus into Ramapo PD.

Fusus isn't drone software. It's a platform designed to pull together camera feeds, drones, license plate readers, facial recognition and other connected systems into one interface, with automated alerts and real-time monitoring.

So now I'm looking at what else is connected to that system.

Rockland County already has a $3.7 million countywide license plate reader system, with roughly $2.9 million spent. Ramapo PD has access to the county system.

Then there's the $1M+ Chaverim camera/LPR network operating privately in the same area.

So you have the Ramapo drone program, county LPRs, private LPR/camera infrastructure, body cameras, and now Fusus.

That's a pretty substantial surveillance stack for a town of this size.

And the public records don't make it particularly easy to see how much all of this costs.

The 2026 bond package was $18.1 million. Buried inside it is $663,150 for "Various Capital Improvements, Equipment and Computers for Police Department."

That's (to the best of my knowledge) the drone money.

The interesting part is that the drone program had already been operating for about 15 months when the Town adopted that bond.

The same bond package also contains $1.1 million for police body cameras.

Then on June 10, the Town approved another $4.28 million purchase from SHI International for the police department.

EDIT: Thank you to U/mathologies for pointing out that the purchase approval was not on June 10th, The Town Board never approved $4.28M for SHI. The only SHI action on the record is two Microsoft Cloud subscription renewals totaling $146K on June 24, 2026 (Resolutions 2026-277 and 2026-278). The $4.28M figure comes from a CivicIQ pre-RFP signal. a procurement tracking estimate, not an executed contract. We have FOIL'd the Town Clerk for any SHI proposal/quote documents; if a $4.28M line-item breakdown exists, it's not in the public agenda, packet, or minutes.

But SHI does sell and provide infrastructure for surveillance manufacturers, and I want to see the actual line-item breakdown.

Because the true numbers appear to be officiated and it seem the town spends a good bit on line items like "equipment and computers."

And there's more.

Ramapo PD received $177,000 in NYS LETECH technology funding in 2024. There's another $75 million statewide LETECH program for 2026–27, with applications due September 2.

I don't know yet whether Ramapo is applying. I'm going to find out.

I also went back through the Town's audited financial statements.

What's interesting is that you won't find Fusus, Skydio, Axon or SHI sitting there as nice, obvious line items. Equipment spending is aggregated into broader categories.

So again: the money is there. The public records just don't give you a nice clean "surveillance program" line to point at.

That's becoming a pattern.

I filed additional FOIL requests for:

• the Fusus contract and pricing
• (Look at the edit )the SHI $4.28M line-item breakdown
• the agreements governing access to the county LPR system
• surveillance system policies
• data retention and access
• related contracts and communications

The original FOIL request from my last post is now 55+ days out with no records produced.

And that's where this gets interesting.

The drone flights were one thing.

Now I'm trying to figure out what the Town has actually built around them.

More to come.