PRESS RELEASE FROM NITA LOWEY WHITE PLAINS, NY – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, announced today that Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx has approved a loan of up to $1.6 billion through its Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program for construction of a new […]
Public Service Announcement from Rockland County Daylight savings time ends on Sunday, November 3, and County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and the Rockland County Department of Health remind you to change your clocks and take time to check your emergency supply kit. Is it missing any items? Is anything out-of-date, leaking or damaged? “The real […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Two debates were held recently for candidates vying for election in the Town of Orangetown next week and neither event generated any sparks. Voting is being held throughout Orangetown next Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in polling places scattered throughout the town’s five […]
Structure just off Main Street cited as a hazard BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – A small garage just of Main Street in Nyack that was dressed up as a tribute to the Underground Railroad has been ordered torn down because the structure has fallen into disrepair and is a hazard. The narrow, two-story block and […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – Local Democrats representing county, town and village governments gathered for a press conference at the County Courthouse in New City on October 29 to demonstrate their cross-party support for Republican County Executive Candidate Ed Day. Speakers lauded Day’s experience with county government as a legislator, his plan to bring […]