To Dr. Alpert [The RCT Ombudsman] and Rockland County Times readers: Dr. Alpert’s recent column on the decline in service from the U.S. Postal Service was sadly not surprising. Unfortunately, Ombudsman Alert is not alone. Among the 164 postal cases my District Office staff has addressed over the past 12 months, at least six included complaints about […]
The Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority’s Paper Shredding event at Germonds Park in Clarkstown last weekend was well attended. Both of the shredding trucks left the event completely full, carrying tens tons of paper that will be made into new products instead of being sent to a landfill. As an ongoing service for Rockland […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann Technology. We all rely on it for many aspects of our daily lives. There is always something new around the corner, on even a daily basis: new phones, new tablets, new devices, new gadgets, new apps—new everything. You can do a lot of things in an instant. The speed by which […]
PHOTOS BY JEANNINE RIPPA The Garden of Love at 78 Hudson Ave., Haverstraw again hosted Archbishop of New York, Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan for the annual Blessing of the Soil in support of Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland’s (CCCSR) mission. CCCSR has the only food pantry in the Northeast with its own greenhouse, which will be used […]
Harvey moved to Bullpen BY JOE RINI Was April a glimpse of good things to come for the Mets or was it just a spring? When the team plane touched down at LaGuardia Airport in the early hours of the last morning in April on Monday, the Mets landed as a first place team with a […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE “Stand Up For Spring: Comedy Night,” Thursday, May 3 at 8 p.m. at the 76 House in Tappan with Maureen Langan, George Saltz, Bob Marsdale, Gladys Simon and Jason Pollack. Visit76housecomedymaybrownpapertickets.com for tickets and reservations. 15th annual Garner Arts Center Festival to be held May 19-20 at the Center in Garnerville. Visitors are invited to explore […]