BY JENNA HUTCHINS Rockland residents interested in applying for civil service exams may soon see an increase in the application fees. Joan Silvestri, the county’s commissioner of Personnel, discussed the prospect of a price hike at the County Legislature’s Budget & Finance meeting, Tuesday night. Prior to 2012, there were no fees for civil service […]
FROM WRCR.COM On Tuesday Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann announced that the town will be conducting a study on the Police Department’s spending and operations. According to officials the town is accepting proposals from outside consultants by February 24, to look into the $50 Police Department million budget, which, according to information compiled by the Journal […]
RCC Sports Hall of Fame to enshrine four new members at Platzl Brauhuas in Pomona A baseball-starring brother tandem, elite soccer player and basketball standout highlight this year’s class of inductees into the Rockland Community College Sports Hall of Fame, announced by the RCC Athletic Department. The ninth annual induction gala is now set for […]
BY ADAM LUCENTE Stony Point—As the Stony Point Town Board convened for its second meeting of 2016 on Tuesday, January 26, the local sewer system was topic du jour. The meeting mainly focused on a report by the head of the town Sewer Department, Karl Kirkpatrick. He explained to the board that the town’s sewage […]
To the Editior, Ever been homeless? I mean down, right, without a roof and walls homeless. I was. I never thought of myself in those terms at that time – but I was. It’s because I was an infantryman in Vietnam. The first couple of days in the country I stayed in the barracks or tent. But then we went […]
By Kathy Kahn With their two warehouses busily shipping thousands of products each day out of Suffern, Jim Zimnoch and his partner, Peter Sherry, also wanted to bring knowledgeable reps and a convenient location to their Rockland neighbors. To that end, the partners opened up U.S. Battery’s first brick-and-mortar store in Tallman. Hospitals, police stations, […]