BY ROBERTKNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES By a narrow 3-2 vote the Orangetown Town Board has agreed to hire a private company to run its financially beleaguered Broadacres Golf Court for the next three years. Depending on the success of the public-private venture, the five-member council will then decide in the winter of 2016-17 […]
Statement from Assemblyman James Skoufis: “Our students face out-of-control costs and crushing debt if they decide to pursue a degree – hardworking families need help going to college, not prison inmates. We need a plan, like my Tuition-Free NY legislation, that will more appropriately invest the resources we have and provide relief to students and […]
The Rockland County Volunteer Fire Police Association under the leadership of President Neil Marcus held their February 12 meeting at the David B Roche Fire Company Thiells. As part of the meeting; Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco administered the oath of office to the fire police officers who were in attendance from various Rockland County […]
Funeral set for Richard Capper of Haverstraw BY BILL DEMAREST HAVERSTRAW – The Rockland County Medical Examiner’s Office has concluded that a Palisades Interstate Parks Commission worker, who was a longtime Haverstraw Ambulance Corps volunteer, died of natural causes. Laura Carbone, Rockland’s chief medical examiner said Richard Capper, 49, of Haverstraw, did not sustain any […]
Owning vs. Renting Your Gains BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services With markets trading at all-time highs and the Fed tapering its asset purchases (the beginning of the end for QE), investors are rightfully asking themselves if this might be the time to take some chips off the table. After all, who […]
Rockland SCORE, a mentorship program for small business owners and entrepreneurs, announced recently that it has opened a new location at the RCC Haverstraw Extension Center in downtown Haverstraw. It is SCORE’s fifth location in the county. “Rockland County SCORE is enthused to be a partner in the RCC Haverstraw Extension Center,” said Bob Janesak, […]