The New York State Public Service Commission approved the new electric rate plan for Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. on Thursday, June 14. The plan will affect O&R electric customers’ bills beginning July 1, 2012. It will increase the typical residential electric full service customer’s bill by roughly $3.06 per month. A typical user on […]
Press Release from IDA Eric Dranoff, chairman of the Rockland County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) announced this week a business development project that will secure more than 300 jobs for Rockland County. With the assistance of the Rockland IDA, family-owned and operated Raymour’s Furniture Company―predecessor of Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, is purchasing and renovating an […]
Earl Miller, Nyack College’s executive director of community relations, has been named 2012-2013 president of the Nyack Rotary Club. Miller, a five-year member of Rotary is also a board member of Leadership Rockland, the Nyack Center, the African American Historical Society, and Head Start of Rockland. As a Nyack Rotary member, he has delivered food for […]
BY ALAN McGEORGE Gone are the strobe lights and dance floor at Studio 54 in Manhattan … the theatre sold out on Sunday for the opening week of “Harvey.” Harvey is a six-foot-tall rabbit invisible to everyone except Elwood, much to the exasperation of his sister, Veta. In order to save the family’s social reputation, […]
BY DIANE DIMOND They’re all different, the men who come forward to tell their stories of childhood sexual abuse. But they all share a debilitating horror. Psychologists say it is difficult for any childhood victim of molestation to reveal what happened to them. But it is particularly tough for young males because it goes to […]
Assemblymembers Kenneth Zebrowski and Ellen Jaffee along with Senator David Carlucci have introduced a bill (A10707, S7736) that will allow the county to issue up to $80 million in bonds to pay off its deficit for the fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012. This bill, the Rockland County Deficit Financing Act will require strict oversight […]