The Rockland Community Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are available for the following scholarship funds: The Chazen Spirit of Rockland Scholarship: Awarded to a promising high school senior in need of financial aid to assist with college costs, the scholarship is granted in increments of $1,000 per year, with renewal of up to […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board has informally agreed to issue more than $5.2 million in bonds this spring to cover a variety of needed equipment purchases and construction projects. The approval came at a workshop meeting of the board Tuesday evening and is expected to be ratified at a business […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM KIERAN LALOR Democratic Senator Terry Gipson and Republican Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor have announced a bipartisan legislative initiative that would give judges in New York State the discretion to allow the sentencing for two or more crimes through a single act to run consecutively when one of the crimes results in a […]
PRESS RELEASE The Westchester and Rockland Republican Committees will be holding a joint convention at Doubletree Inn in Tarrytown, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow to nominate their candidate for New York’s 17th Congressional District. At the time of this release, Chris Day is the only announced candidate and he will be delivering remarks at the event. Details […]
Press Release from Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (Hudson Valley, NY – Feb. 26, 2014) The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) plus Hudson Valley-area fire chiefs, volunteer firefighters and other volunteer first responders will participate in an Emergency Services Education & Legislative Meeting at 8:00 a.m., Saturday, March […]
On Tuesday night a malfunction in the railroad crossing lights and sound at the intersection of Airmont Rd. caused a traffic delay. Around 9:30 p.m. the railroad lights and bells triggered when a Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train heading eastbound crossed the intersection. However, in this instance, the lights and audible signal did not turn […]