Rockland IDA headed negotiations with mega-corporation BY MICHAEL RICONDA Orangetown – The Rockland Industrial Development Agency has been hard at work during the past year bringing big business to Rockland and appears to have struck a groundbreaking final deal with Russo Development Company and Bloomberg for the latter’s new data center in Orangetown. “We’re looking […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Elmwood Playhouse will be doing “Les Miserables” in its 2013-2014 season November 15 to December 14 along with “Amadeus” September 20 to October 12, “Love, Loss and What I Wore” January 17 to February 8, “The Pillowman” March 14 to April 5 and “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” May 16 to June […]
The annual meeting and Board of Directors’ election for the Stony Point Ambulance Corps will be held on the fourth Monday in June, June 24, 2013, for the purpose of filling two vacancies on the Board of Directors; and voting to accept new life members and new honorary members. Embattled president and vice president, Marc […]
BY DAVID P. GUSHEE AND WILLIAM S. SESSIONS Twenty-five years ago, President Ronald Reagan vigorously championed U.S. ratification of the international Convention Against Torture, which he signed on April 18, 1988. Reagan acclaimed it as having marked a significant step in the development of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment. “Ratification of the […]
BY BARRY WARNER Thirty-three members of the Rockland County Police Academy, Class 2013 Basic School, graduated Friday morning, June 14, in a ceremony before officials, families and friends. The graduates had just completed 20 weeks of mandated class work and will undergo hours of field training alongside veteran officers. Seven of the graduates were part […]
The Rockland Community Against Hunger (RCAH) announces the launch of www.rocklandhunger.org, an online resource to provide information, raise awareness, mobilize support and educate residents about nutrition and hunger in Rockland County, New York. According to Maria Dowling, CEO of Rockland Jewish Family Service (a participating RCAH agency), “Many believe that Rockland is an affluent area, […]