BY JANIE ROSMAN Peter Vitro, president of the New City-based residential association group the Little Tor Neighborhood Association — and a recipient of the Rockland County Distinguished Service Award — believes in having things “done the right way so that nothing negative happens to the neighborhood.” Several years ago, the county wanted to redo New […]
Thruway Authority Chair Howard Milstein raised eyebrows with comments made at a business conference on Monday, stating tolls could double on the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Milstein quickly backtracked from the comments, stating the Thruway Authority does not know the final numbers. Thruway Executive Director Thomas Madison, similarly argued there was no way to know […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The details are out and it is now all but certain: Summit Park’s hospital and nursing care center will have a new owner sometime within the next few years. County Executive Ed Day joined Sympaticare Health LLC President Shalom Braunstein, County Legislative Chairman Alden Wolfe, and a number of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Advocates of a ward voting system in the Town of Ramapo managed to make their way past legal blocks set forward by opponents, earning a state Supreme Court examination of petitions submitted almost two years ago. A ward system would divide the town into six sections, with each having […]
It’s been the graveyard for restaurateurs since IHOP left the location well over a decade ago, but now once again an eager new owner has invested in the 5,000 square foot restaurant space in Nanuet NY adjacent to the Days Inn on Rt. 59. Dos Agaves, a new restaurant specializing in authentic Southern Mexican Cuisine, […]
Rockland County – The Dine to Donate and Celebrity Bake-Off benefit event at Lynch’s Restaurant for the Helen Hayes Hospital Foundation took place this past Friday, July 18, raising several thousand dollars. Lynch’s Restaurant donated 15 percent of the day’s proceeds to the Helen Hayes Hospital Foundation. Over 100 people were in attendance for the […]