BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – After months of talks and consulting with both private accounting firms and State Comptroller’s office, the Rockland County Legislature adopted an amended budget proposal for the 2014 fiscal year, including a 9.9 percent property tax increase. The $760.9 million budget is buttressed by the Rockland County Deficit Financing Act, […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Tuesday weather postponed the Props and SP FX Tech Class at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack until January 21, 2014 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m And Elmwood says that they have an anonymous donor who will match any donations made by December 31, 2013. Contact Elmwood at 845-353-1313 or elmwoodplayhouse.com. – […]
BY BARRY WARNER Stony Point- On Wednesday, December 4, kids ages 5 and up brought their holiday cheer to the Stony Point Rose Memorial Library, creating and decorating holiday origami trees. Activities Leader Sylvia Gutierrez said that the children were learning to use the skills of following instructions, folding, applying stickers and individually decorating their […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA West Haverstraw – Just in time for the holiday season, a new store in West Haverstraw is offering expensive household items on payment plans, providing an additional option for holiday shoppers. Like other outlets, Rent-A-Center-which opened on November 15-specializes in the rental and sale of various items. However, Rent-A Center differs in […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Pomona – Rockland County welcomed some of its newest citizens with a naturalization ceremony held at the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona on December 6. The ceremony, which is held about six times each year, commemorates foreign-born Rockland residents’ decision to accept U.S. citizenship. A total of 152 new citizens […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – More than two years after Hurricane Irene and more than a year after Hurricane Sandy, homeowners affected by repeated flooding might finally have some protection against the frequent overflow of the Mahwah River. In June, Ramapo filed a letter of intent to the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program flood […]