State funding would allow repairs for damage done in past two winters BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Over-encumbered by repair costs, Clarkstown officials have made a last-minute request in the final days of State budget talks: Directly contribute to road fixes and adjust the tax cap formula to accommodate them. The two-part proposal calls […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Woodbury Police Chief Richard Vasquez officially threw his hat into the ring for the Rockland sheriff’s race on Monday, announcing his intent to run against current Sheriff Louis Falco. The Rockland County Times first reported Vasquez would be running a month ago. Speaking before a crowd of supporters, many […]
Monsey energy company sued for deceptive practices An energy company based in Monsey became the target of a class action lawsuit by customers who argued the group used a bait-and-switch to bring in new customers before jacking up rates. HIKO Energy is facing the suit in White Plains federal court from over 100 customers in […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert this week announced that Rockland County has been ranked first in New York State for healthy living in 2015. The annual report issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute recognized […]
NYDOT Motorists are advised that beginning Monday, March 30, State Route 303 in the town of Orangetown, Rockland County, will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Hickory Street and Greenbush Road, while crews perform construction activities, weather permitting. Work and lane closures are anticipated to last through September 2015. Motorists may encounter […]
Highly-organized group pushed prescription painkillers, heroin BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – A series of morning raids swept up 17 individuals who now stand accused of operating a drug ring that stockpiled prescription painkillers and heroin before unloading it on Rockland and surrounding counties. Indictments were handed down today in a federal court in White […]