In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Supervisor Howard Phillips and the Haverstraw Town Board presented Distinguished Service Awards to numerous outstanding members of the Haverstraw community for their dedication and contributions to Haverstraw. These awards were given at the Town Board meeting on Monday, October 23. Special congratulations to all the honorees on this well-deserved […]
Rockland Farms Rockland County is preparing to conduct a count of local farmland that could potentially be included in a yet-to-be-created Agricultural District. For several years, the Rockland Farm Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to preserving farmland, has advocated for creating such a district. Rockland is one of the few counties in New York without an […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman This newly released information was released by Congresswoman Janice Schakowsky of Illinois, who was recently credited by OMBUDSMAN ALERT along with Congresswoman Nita Lowey, for co-sponsoring HR 3449, the “Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act.” Schakowsky in two separate but identical letters written to Mr. John Bozella, President & CEO of […]
BY BARRY WARNER This week, The Rockland County Times’ Unsung Hero column is featuring Glen Wilson, who has been a volunteer at the Suffern Hook and Ladder Company No.1 since 1973. He has served as captain twice, chief from 1990-1993 and is currently the president for the third time. As the president, he runs the […]
To the Editor, This November, voters across our state will have the opportunity to vote on an amendment to the State Constitution that would take pensions away from elected officials convicted of corruption. I strongly encourage all New Yorkers to support this much-needed measure. Time and again, we have seen the same story: an elected […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Horns on the car of Bardonia resident Margaret Burke, longtime Congers Post Office employee.