After almost a week, local water authorities officially lifted the boil water advisory in Nyack today. A water main break in West Nyack on Saturday caused many residents and businesses in the area to lose water service for about a day. But Sunday, the water pipes were fixed and service was restored. However, the Rockland […]
BY SARA GILBERT The Village of Haverstraw met for its regular board meeting Monday, August 13 to pass laws, discuss rezoning issues, hear residents’ concerns and other business. The board passed Local Law No. 6, which rescinds Local Law No. 5, which had banned tobacco advertising of any sort in Haverstraw stores. Immediately after this […]
High Grass is a Violation, Not a Right BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown has decided to proceed with violation notices against the owners of four residential properties in the township in which homeowners are accused of not mowing their lawns or allowing their yards to become weed gardens or otherwise unattractive […]
Rockland County Board of Health addresses STDs increase, illegal dumping, code violations BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Board of Health met at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 15 to address several health code violations and matters of public health. Among the biggest issues were two new items of business on a recently-released study on […]
The story of Rockland’s notorious ‘underground’ celebrity BY DYLAN SKRILOFF If you’re from Rockland and you’re not in the “know” you may be curious, who is Vinny Raffa? And why does he have a posse? Vinny Raffa has break-danced with the Beastie Boys and brainstormed with De La Soul. Tony Hawk knows him, but won’t […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Representatives of public and private organizations held a community outreach meeting at the New City Library at 6 p.m. on August 14, 2012 to inform local residents of recent developments in the forthcoming project to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge. The meeting was directed by a three-person panel consisting of Special Advisor […]