Is Clarkstown Saving with Garage Consolidation?

BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Back in July, Clarkstown Town Board members made a law to consolidate the three town garages in an effort to save money and improve efficiency. They appointed the supervisor of the mini-trans garage, Dennis Malone, as the fleet manager of the new consolidation. Malone reports to the town board directly instead […]

North Rockland High School Players in Brilliant Production of West Side Story Before

North Rockland High School Players in Brilliant Production of West Side Story Before

Players put on FOUR-STAR show before packed house of 800 BY GEORGE J. DACRE More than 200 players in the cast, company, pit, crew and production staff put the Leonard Bernstein-Steven Sondheim, Arthur Laurents classic together in a remarkable High School performance that resulted in a standing ovation Friday night. With fantastically talented youngsters, great […]

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

The one-way sign for cars exiting the Middletown Road Plaza in Nanuet has been facing the wrong direction for over two years now. In 2011 the Rockland County Times first alerted the public to the problem. The sign should be facing out toward the road, but instead faces perpendicular into oncoming traffic.

MHA HOSTS WHAT’S COOL CONFERENCE

The Mental Health Association of Rockland County, Inc. is hosting it’s 11th Annual What’s Cool Conference, “How to Know and Get What You Want in Life” for young women on Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Finklestein Memorial Library, in the Fielding Room at 24 Chestnut Street in Spring Valley […]

METS SPRING TRAINING NOTEBOOK

METS SPRING TRAINING NOTEBOOK

Mets prepare for 2013 with at least three reasons for hope, one of which is expected starting day pitcher Jonathon Niese BY MARC MATURO PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Unless the comebacking but inactive Johan Santana is, in reality, Superman and can pitch on memory alone, the Mets’ opening-day starter at Citi Field on April […]

Congresswoman Nita Lowey Announces $280,000 Grant for Spring Valley Firefighters

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) announced a $280,000 federal grant for the Village of Spring Valley. The grant is being awarded through the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. “At a time when the senseless across-the-board budget cuts are reducing funding for first responders and law enforcement, I am […]