The Rockland Community Foundation has announced the addition of the following new funds to its portfolio: The Friends of Rockland Fund Friends of Rockland is a broad based field of interest charitable fund aimed at providing support to the charities most important to the people in our community. Each year, the Friends of Rockland will […]
Expanded show hailed as a hit BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – If you were walking down Main Street in Nyack on Thursday evening, it’s a sure bet that you had to watch your step to stay out of the way of someone taking photos. Cameras – expensive pro rigs to cell phone cameras – were […]
For those who fancy themselves great singers — and even those who don’t — Hi Tor Animal Shelter is holding a Karaoke Contest and Fundraiser on Sunday, July 27, 4 – 9 p.m., at D&D’s Restaurant in New City. DJ Jackie Navin will provide music and entertainment, and the contest winner will be awarded a […]
BY SALLY C. PIPES Is $84,000 too much to pay to save a life? That’s a question worth asking now that the insurance industry has declared war on what it has deemed outrageous prices for new specialty drugs. In this case, the complaints focus on Sovaldi, a breakthrough treatment that gives three million people suffering […]
Haverstraw explores consolidation of justice system The Town of Haverstraw is currently exploring the option of submitting a $100,000 state funding application in the hopes of improving the efficiency of their justice courts and police department. The funding would allow municipalities to explore the possibility of consolidating the village justice courts in Haverstraw and West […]
Rockland County sales tax collections have increased 3.4 percent in the second quarter and 6.41 percent in the first six months of 2014 versus last year. According to a recent quarterly cash flow report issued for the entire state, between April and June 2014 Rockland County collected $48,608,624 vs. 2013, when the county collected $47,009,562 […]