Nyack’s Third Annual Winter Farmers’ Market Indoors at the Nyack Center pens at 8 a.m. on Thursday, December 4 in the Nyack Center at 58 Depew Avenue (corner of Depew and South Broadway). Free parking will be available during market hours in the Artopee Way lot and, as a reminder, parking is always free in […]
Changes to the Rockland County Charter took effect on November 24, 2014. The news rules update the annual budget process, increase fiscal oversight and enhance the systems of checks and balances between branches of government. Major components of the law include: · Reform of Annual Budget Process – The county executive now must submit the […]
BY ADAM LUCENTE Last week, President Obama announced several executive actions pertaining to illegal immigration. In short, the president granted several million people the ability to stay in the United States legally. While supporters argue that this move provides a partial solution to the issue in the face of Congressional failure to pass reform, others […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA WEST NYACK – U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey joined a bevy of state and local politicians at Meals on Wheels in West Nyack on Monday to promise her support for federal nutrition programs. The politicians gathered with volunteers and Meals on Wheels leadership to join a group of seniors for lunch that afternoon. […]
BY DIANE DIMOND As the nation continued to watch for the grand jury announcement out of Ferguson, Missouri, this week, USA Today released a disturbing analysis of arrest records from across the country. After pouring over FBI records from more than 3,500 police departments, the newspaper finds that blacks are far more likely to be […]
Meals on Wheels Programs & Services of Rockland is pleased has announced that the agency has hired lifelong Rockland County resident Dr. Donald N. Hammond as the new president & CEO of the agency. Dr. Hammond succeeds Barbara Kohlhausen who retires from the agency after serving six years as president & CEO. “I want to […]