BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – The Concerned Citizens of Suffern gathered local and state officials from both Rockland and Bergen County at the Suffern Community Center on May 3 to discuss continued progress on plans to develop flood safeguards in the Village of Suffern, protecting the Squire’s Gate community near the Mahwah River from deluges […]
Overtime Costs Represent 3.6 Percent of State Payroll in 2012 From Comptroller’s Office Overtime earnings at state agencies rose nearly 11 percent in 2012 to $529 million, escalating a trend that began in 2009, according to a report released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “State agencies spent nearly $52 million more on […]
FROM THE DA’S OFFICE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe Wednesday announced that Barbara Cummaro, 59, of 2765 Denby Drive, Yorktown Heights, New York has been charged with one count of grand larceny in the second degree, a class “C” felony. Cummaro, who was employed as the head of operations by a Rockland County […]
BY MERRILL MATTHEWS President Obama says special tax breaks for the oil and gas industry must end. The demand always prompts puzzled gazes among tax and energy-industry experts, who ask: What tax breaks? Thanks in part to a bill sponsored by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland and ranking member on the House […]
(Ramapo, NY) – For the second straight season, Provident Bank Park – the home of the Rockland Boulders – will host the first two rounds of Major League Baseball’s annual Pitch, Hit and Run competition. Boys and girls ages 7-to-14 will have the opportunity to test their skills in baseball and softball in the local […]
PEARL RIVER, NY May 8, 2013 – The United Way of Rockland County (UWRC) today honored Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) for conducting the Largest Corporate Campaign on United Way’s behalf this year. O&R achieved this year’s United Way campaign results by combining a dynamic fund-raising drive partnership between the Company and its bargaining […]