County Executive Day and Commissioner of Personnel Joan Silvestri on Monday officially launched a new web-based service that allows residents to apply for civil service exams through the Internet. Applications are now accessible online at rocklandgov.com. “The move to paperless civil service exam applications is aligned with the County’s larger efforts to increase efficiencies and […]
MCP Presents has leased 600 acres of land in Saugerties, 70 minutes north of Rockland, to launch the Hudson Project Music and Art Festival at Winston Farm, Marketing Director Kevin Earle has informed local media. Earle says, no, it will not be a second Woodstock, but 20,000 people per day are expected to come to the […]
Signal fires a date back to Revolutionary War times BY BILL DEMAREST PIERMONT – Rockland County veterans and their families last night kicked off the annual Watchfires throughout the county as a way of remembering those lost to war and those still missing in action. This is the 28th year that the Watchfires have been […]
BY DREW JOHNSON Researchers in Colorado just came forward with a shocking claim: hydraulic fracturing, — or “fracking” — the decades-old method of using a high-velocity mixture of water, sand and chemicals to blast through rock to release oil and gas deposits, causes birth defects. There’s just one hitch: it isn’t true. Like many environmental […]
BY ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN Earlier this year, I proposed legislation that would combat a wave of zombies plaguing too many communities across our New York State. From the Bronx to Buffalo, cities and towns in New York have been plagued by what are commonly called zombie properties. These are homes that residents abandon — often […]
NEW CITY, NY — County Executive Ed Day today recognized and heard from the winners of Rockland’s 23rd Annual Eleanor Burlingham Earth Day Essay Contest. The 2014 contest winners – local fifth grade students – read their works on the theme of exploring nature in Rockland County. “Thank you to this year’s students for submitting such colorful essays,” […]