This is why they overtax us: East side access project 10 years late and $4.4 billion over budget PRESS RELEASE FROM COMPTROLLER DiNAPOLI’S OFFICE The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA’s) East Side Access project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service to Grand Central Terminal for the first time, is expected to cost nearly […]
BY DIANA BIERMAN Hundreds of families gathered at the Joseph T. St. Lawrence Community Health & Sports Center in Hillburn on March 2 for one of Ramapo’s signature events: the 10th annual Winter Carnival. While children spent the afternoon getting their faces painted or jumping on bouncy castles, parents got to enjoy complimentary hot […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Cooney and his entourage have been performing at the popular dinner theatre in Elmsford for 15 years and he tells the Rockland County Times the show sells out every year. Cooney brings with him his band in which his son, Ryan, whom he describes as a very talented singer and dancer, […]
Commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., which was awarded the marketing assignment for Palisades Data Center in November, has signed the 24,000-square-foot, Tier 3+ facility’s first major tenant. A major New York-based quantitative trading and investment strategies firm has leased 250 KW, expandable to 500 KW. Owner Skae Power Solutions, which also […]
The College Sports Notebook is compiled by veteran sports writer and columnist Marc Maturo, a lifetime member of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). The notebook will be published every Thursday. Please send items of interest tomarcmaturo@aol.com. Chargers, men and women, surge into CACC basketball semifinals             Keeping pace with one another as in […]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Dies of Cancer Following a long battle with cancer, former president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez died on March 5 at the age of 58. Coming to power as the winner of Venezuela’s 1999 election, Chavez began a long career marked by strong opposition to U.S. involvement in Latin America and socialist […]