New Taxes Pass Legislature; Contract Agency Cuts and Layoffs to be Discussed at Future Meeting

BY SARA GILBERT The Rockland County Legislature held a special meeting on Tuesday, May 29 at the Allison-Parris County Office in New City to discuss proposed mid-year budget adjustments. The meeting addressed the county’s more than $80 million budget deficit and how to fund government operations which has led to a drastic downgrade of the […]

Vanderhoef Cuts His Own Pay

From the County Executive’s Office: On the heels of the Rockland County Legislature’s votes on Tuesday to support his proposed contingency budget, County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced Thursday that further financial sacrifices are still needed, and that as the leader of the county’s workforce he will be voluntarily reducing his annual salary by 5 […]

Scott Hairston Is Heir to a Baseball Legacy

Scott Hairston Is Heir to a Baseball Legacy

Red-hot Mets outfielder is product of three generations of Major Leaguers BY JOE RINI Rockland County Times Exclusive! Baseball and history go together, and for Scott Hairston of the New York Mets, that history reaches back over 60 years and breathes anew everyday. The Hairstons are one of only three families that have sent three […]

Dumb & Dumber

Dear Editor, Every time you have run into Dumb & Dumber there is always another situation that is Dumber. I have shopped in the Shoprite Supermarket in Garnerville for many years but had never purchased a six-pack of beer. Bought a lot of things and the beer today. Got to the ‘checker’ and she said […]

Fair to Taxpayers? Rockland Suffers Expensive Loss in Fair Housing Case

Over 20K down the drain as taxpayers foot the bill for legal expenses in condo squabble BY LEGAL LARRY In 1968 the United States Congress passed the Fair Housing Act. The primary purpose of this legislation is to protect the buyer/renter of a residence from a seller/landlord’s discrimination. The law makes it unlawful to refuse […]