Correction: the initial article stated the $50,000 grant was for bathrooms at the RHO Building, which was the 2013 CDBG grant. However, the $50,000 on hold is for Kirkbride Hall, which was the 2012 CDBG grant. BY CHERYL SLAVIN Tuesday night the Stony Point Town Board handled several important pieces of business before adjourning after […]
Moreland Commission given broader powers to combat corruption The Moreland Commission, a body recently assembled by Governor Andrew Cuomo to investigate corruption, has recently been given new powers to assist in its investigations. With a recent alliance between Governor Cuomo and State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, other Commission members may be named deputy attorney […]
One strategy employed by opponents of the Champlain Hudson Power Express that would dig trenches through the CSX rail right-of-way and other areas in Stony Point and Rockland County is dead for the time being, as Assemblyman James Skoufis told the Rockland County Times a bill to ban the annexation of land via eminent domain […]
Bear is an adult German Shepherd/Chow mix that came to Bergen County Protect & Rescue Foundation as a stray on Christmas Eve 2012. He was tied to a tree and left for dead. If it were not for BC Protect & Rescue volunteers, he would have gone to a local high kill shelter to be […]
Your Eminence, We recently learned of the Archdiocese plan to stop offering Mass at Our Lady Queen of Peace chapel in Orangeburg as of September 1, 2013, and we are aware that the NYS Office of Mental Health will cut utility connections to this building in the event it becomes vacant. The building is old […]
3.1-mile run/walk has raised more than $90,000 for Center since 1988 CONGERS, N.Y. (July 8) – More than 400 runners and walkers are expected Saturday, July 13 for the 26th annual Rockland Road Runners Women’s Distance Festival 5K at Rockland Lake State Park. Proceeds from the event are donated to the Center for Safety & […]