BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Rockland County appeared to be in good fiscal shape in the last fiscal year, according to preliminary findings by auditors contracted to examine the county’s finances. According to draft figures compiled by O’Connor Davies, the audit firm tasked with examining the county’s fiscal state, the county did well last […]
PRESS RELEASE Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lee Ross (Taken August 25) Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC (TZC) continued installing structural steel girders for the New NY Bridge project this week. Smaller girder sections were lifted into place by cranes from the Rockland trestle near the South Nyack shoreline. Local ironworkers then bolted together the steel blue […]
Senator David Carlucci (D – Rockland Westchester) was joined by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Congresswoman Nita Lowey and numerous elected officials for his Fourth Annual Senior Fair recently. Hundreds of seniors and vendors participated in the event, which was held at the Rockland Community College Eugene Levy House. During the fair, Cablevision’s popular program ‘Meet the Leaders’ […]
BY KATHY KAHN The Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor is sited in the very place General George Washington commanded troops during the American Revolution and awarded the Badge of Merit to wounded soldiers, which later became known as the Purple Heart. The museum recently re-opened after a $2.1 million renovation, offering a […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I’ve talked recently with several county residents about the tragic accident that took the life of a Congers bicyclist on August 16th. Edward Brophy, a local artist, musician and former NYPD cop, was sharing the road with other, much larger vehicles when he died. This unfortunate incident highlights some […]
Multi-vehicle crash in Ramapo kills two, backs up Thruway for miles A truck cut across two lanes of traffic on the State Thruway in Ramapo on Friday, killing both the driver and passenger of the vehicle and injuring two more in a pile-up that snarled traffic deep into New Jersey. The accident occurred when the mattress ox truck, […]