The Rockland Community Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are available for the following scholarship funds: The Chazen Spirit of Rockland Scholarship: Awarded to a promising high school senior in need of financial aid to assist with college costs, the scholarship is granted in increments of $1,000 per year, with renewal of up to […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board has informally agreed to issue more than $5.2 million in bonds this spring to cover a variety of needed equipment purchases and construction projects. The approval came at a workshop meeting of the board Tuesday evening and is expected to be ratified at a business […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM KIERAN LALOR Democratic Senator Terry Gipson and Republican Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor have announced a bipartisan legislative initiative that would give judges in New York State the discretion to allow the sentencing for two or more crimes through a single act to run consecutively when one of the crimes results in a […]
PRESS RELEASE The Westchester and Rockland Republican Committees will be holding a joint convention at Doubletree Inn in Tarrytown, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow to nominate their candidate for New York’s 17th Congressional District. Â At the time of this release, Chris Day is the only announced candidate and he will be delivering remarks at the event. Â Details […]
Press Release from Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (Hudson Valley, NY – Feb. 26, 2014) The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) plus Hudson Valley-area fire chiefs, volunteer firefighters and other volunteer first responders will participate in an Emergency Services Education & Legislative Meeting at 8:00 a.m., Saturday, March […]
On Tuesday night a malfunction in the railroad crossing lights and sound at the intersection of Airmont Rd. caused a traffic delay. Around 9:30 p.m. the railroad lights and bells triggered when a Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train heading eastbound crossed the intersection. However, in this instance, the lights and audible signal did not turn […]