AAA Travel projects 34.8 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a 0.9 percent decrease from the 35.1 million people who traveled last year. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 23 to Monday, May 27. “AAA is forecasting Memorial Day travel […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown appears to have switched sides and now supports, barely, a controversial proposal to require a special public hearing on United Water Resources request to construct a water desalination plant in the Hudson River at Haverstraw. The proposal received a second, hour-long public comment period […]
Memorial Day is the time for Americans to reconnect with their history and core values, by honoring those who gave their lives for the ideals we cherish.Engraved in granite at the Korean War Memorial in Atlantic City are the words of Robert Pinsky 39th Poet Laureate of the United States: Less eager than willing. More […]
Palisades Federal Credit Union, the largest Rockland County based Credit Union, announced six recipients of their annual George Hatala scholarship. Scholarships were presented at the Credit Union’s annual meeting at the Comfort Inn in Nanuet, NY. One of the six scholars also received a scholarship from the Rockland and Westchester Credit Union chapter. Combined the […]
Friday, May 24 11 A.M. Senior Citizens Honoring All U.S. Veterans, sponsored by Clarkstown Parks Board and Recreation Commission. At Street Community Center “Promenade of Heroes.” Program: Honoring all our Veterans – that have fallen in defense of our country. Guest Speaker: Reverend Robert F. McKeon, St Francis of Assisi. Monday, May 27 9 A.M. […]
Statement on New York State Assembly’s DREAM Act from Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) “What is the Assembly saying today to legal immigrants? Or to the millions waiting to legally immigrate to the United States? There are almost 4.5 million people around the world waiting for visas to immigrate here. They’re trying to […]