Press Release from Rockland County On Sunday, November 3rd, 2013, Brega Transport Corp. will begin operating the Transport of Rockland (TOR) and TAPPAN ZEExpress (TZx) bus services. Bus routes, service schedules and fares will remain the same. The transition is scheduled to take place at the start of the service day on Sunday, beginning with […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – A new emergency preparedness agreement reached between state and local officials and Orange & Rockland designed to enhance response time and efficiency was announced on October 29, the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. As part of a task force of local and state leaders, State Senator David Carlucci […]
A recent Facebook exchange between Ramapo Supervisor candidate Michael Koplen (R) and Aaron Moeller, editor of the Advocate weekly newspaper, prompted Koplen to make an embarrassing joke, which cast nearby village West Haverstraw in a less-than-flattering light. In response to a picture of a pay-to-use internet station in West Haverstraw, Koplen responded that it looked […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER The Giants have now won two straight (against third-string quarterbacks). The Giants are right back in the playoff hunt (in the most underachieving, awful division in football). The Giants defense has shutout opponents (the aforementioned third string quarterbacks) for 10 straight quarters (during which time their offense has scored three, two of […]
Sports columnist Marc Maturo’s official column Hip hip hooray for Red Raider cheerleaders Cheerleading, which is a varsity interscholastic sport, has been something of a passion for North Rockland High School coach Lauren Gould. What started as a pastime while playing varsity sports for the Red Raiders quickly became something more for Gould, now into […]
Tax collections and spending below projections through mid-year FROM COMPTROLLER DiNAPOLI’S OFFICE State spending was nearly $860 million lower than expected through the first half of the fiscal year while tax collections were just shy of projections, according to the Mid-Year Update and September cash report released this week by New York State Comptroller Thomas […]