To the Editor, On Tuesday, September 9 the Stony Point Town Board held two meetings. At 6 p.m. there was a special “workshop” meeting held by the town’s planner, Tuner Miller Group, on the future rezoning of our Stony Point waterfront for condos and townhouses and at 7 p.m., a presentation about proposed future rezoning […]
OP-ED BY MICHAEL RICONDA Last month, the Town of Ramapo agreed to allow a vote on a ward system, a potentially major change which could swing the balance of power significantly. In essence, the approval of a ward system could temper the inordinate sway the Monsey/Kaser/New Square “bloc vote” can sometimes wield in local elections […]
Professor Herbert S. Fischer, a Suffern-resident and formerly an award-winning Teaneck High School social studies teacher, has been named associate professor of history and political science at City College of New York’s downtown campus for this fall semester and beyond. Professor Fischer has already been teaching as an adjunct professor at City College’s Borough of […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Residents and guests of the Northern Metropolitan Residential Healthcare Facility in Monsey were wowed by a special Grandparents Day put on by the 50-piece Rockland County Concert Band . “We have tunes from ‘Carousel,’ ‘Porgy and Bess,’ ‘The Untouchables,’ ‘Grease’ — you name it, we can play it,” executive […]
Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) last week announced she helped secure $500,000 in additional state funding to help the Town of Orangetown pay for construction of the new Oak Tree Road Bridge, which will help reduce flooding, keep drivers safer and lower the cost of the project for local taxpayers. Jaffee was joined by Orangetown Supervisor […]
Rockland County Legislator Christopher J. Carey (R-Bardonia) has announced his appointment of Legislator Doug Jobson (R-Stony Point) to the position of Deputy Minority Leader in the Rockland County Legislature. “Legislator Jobson is a solid choice to be the Deputy Leader of the Rockland County Legislature,” Minority Leader Carey said. “Legislator Jobson’s experience and understanding of […]