Vanderhoef offers towns a break as he submits his 2014 proposed budget

Community college chargebacks not included in the budget as a revenue source NEW CITY, NY – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today submitted a $760.9 million proposed budget that includes a property tax increase tax of 9.9 percent, with no additional increases in any taxes or fees. “The 2014 Proposed Budget maintains all of our […]

Take a Walk in the Park This Weekend!

The Rockland County Department of Health encourages you to put on your walking shoes and enjoy the “great outdoors” this month on a variety of free local guided walks. The walks highlighted below offer visitors varied terrain, great scenery, interesting discussion points, and different levels of walking (1 sneaker is easy, 2 sneaker is moderate, […]

Location Change for Health Department’s Oct. 25 Flu Vaccine Clinic

Pomona, NY – The Rockland County Department of Health’s flu vaccine clinic scheduled for this Friday, October 25 will be held from 1 – 4 p.m. at the Robert Yeager Health Center, Building D, Room 130 (Nursing Conference Room), located at 50 Sanatorium Road in Pomona. Please note that this change from the usual location. […]

Day outlines campaign platform for final two weeks of election

By Michael Riconda Piermont – County Executive candidate Ed Day held a press conference at Kane Park in Piermont on October 17 to present a plan which he claims will help lift Rockland out from its fiscal hole. The ten-pointed plan seeks primarily to restructure county government and improve the way business is conducted. “The […]