County Legislature approves Bloomberg PILOT agreement

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The Rockland County Legislature approved its share of a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Agreement for Bloomberg’s new data center in Orangeburg, upholding its end of a bargain which will bring dozens of new jobs into the county. The county’s end of the agreement guarantees a multi-million county […]

Passion of the Blimpie

Passion of the Blimpie

Blimpie to celebrate 50 years with 50 cent sub; chain’s founder sits down for interview with Rockland County Times BY GIANNA VOLPE The tri-state’s own submarine sandwich chain, Blimpie, turns 50 years old on Friday, April 4 when the first 200 customers of any Blimpie location can celebrate the half-century anniversary with a 50-cent Blimpie’s […]

GOOD SAM’S SPRING BALL RAISES $260K

GOOD SAM’S SPRING BALL RAISES $260K

  Good Samaritan supporters raised $260,000 at “A Kentucky Derby Party,” the medical center’s annual Spring Ball on March 21. Funds raised at the event have been directed to the Bobbi Lewis Cancer Program at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Each year at the ball, two honorees are recognized. The 2014 recipients were Dr. Sushil […]

Did DeStephano Do It?

Were you a victim of a burglary in Ramapo between August 21 and 29, 2013? Twenty six-year-old Alan DeStephano of 130 Stewart Circle, Suffern might be your culprit. DeStephano was indicted this week on charges of burglary in the second degree and attempted burglary in the second degree for burglarizing four private residences in the […]

Suffern Pre-School Teacher Receives Prestigious Award for Innovative Music Program

Suffern Pre-School Teacher Receives Prestigious Award for Innovative Music Program

BY CHERYL SLAVIN Justyna Zakrzewska, a teacher at the Campus Fun and Learn Child Development Center located on the Rockland Community College campus, has been selected to receive a $1,000 National Child Care Teacher award in recognition of her innovative approach to early childhood education through the integrated use of music in the toddler classroom. […]