BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown appears to have switched sides and now supports, barely, a controversial proposal to require a special public hearing on United Water Resources request to construct a water desalination plant in the Hudson River at Haverstraw. The proposal received a second, hour-long public comment period […]
AAA Travel projects 34.8 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a 0.9 percent decrease from the 35.1 million people who traveled last year. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 23 to Monday, May 27. “AAA is forecasting Memorial Day travel […]
Friday, May 24 11 A.M. Senior Citizens Honoring All U.S. Veterans, sponsored by Clarkstown Parks Board and Recreation Commission. At Street Community Center “Promenade of Heroes.” Program: Honoring all our Veterans – that have fallen in defense of our country. Guest Speaker: Reverend Robert F. McKeon, St Francis of Assisi. Monday, May 27 9 A.M. […]
Statement on New York State Assembly’s DREAM Act from Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) “What is the Assembly saying today to legal immigrants? Or to the millions waiting to legally immigrate to the United States? There are almost 4.5 million people around the world waiting for visas to immigrate here. They’re trying to […]
Pomona Village Trustee Rita Louie announced Wednesday that she is challenging longtime incumbent Howard Phillips in the Democratic primary for Town of Haverstraw supervisor. Louie exclaimed on social media, “Time for a change and some fresh new ideas to move this town forward into the 21st Century! It’s gonna be a really hot summer, people!” […]
BY JENNIFER MOCCIO FINALLY – the post I couldn’t wait to write about is here! As you all read in my recent blog entry the makeup show nyc, I had the PLEASURE of attending The MakeUp Show in NYC a couple weeks ago. I discussed Dick Page, Artistic Director of Shiseido, as well as, some […]