Overall population increases while public school populations shrink BY KATHY KAHN Special to the Rockland Times It really came as no shock to members of the Rockland Business Association what the county will look like as they listened to the numbers being rolled out at the Bear Mountain Inn on April 25 presented by Jonathan […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo reminded New Yorkers to volunteer at their favorite state park or historic site as part of the second annual “I Love My Park Day” that will be held this Saturday, May 4, 2013. Volunteers who would like to support clean-up and beautification efforts at sites across the state, including areas that […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – The New NY Bridge group held an event on April 24 to inform local businesses about opportunities which will open with the rebuild of the Tappan Zee Bridge and connect them to larger contractors associated with the project. The meeting featured a panel of representatives from the New York State […]
Six months after Hurricane Sandy left parts of the East Coast leveled and underwater, killed 159 people and caused at least $70 billion in damage, a new report reveals yet another dimension of the destruction: 11 billion gallons of partially or untreated sewers leaked into rivers, lakes and waterways in the aftermath of the storm. […]
The College Sports Notebook is compiled by veteran sports writer and columnist Marc Maturo, a lifetime member of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). The notebook will be published every Thursday. Please send items of interest to marcmaturo@aol.com. Stephens leaps to school record at Big Red meet Joining 19 teammates in reaching East Coast Athletic […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA With the passage of a resolution through the County Legislature’s Planning and Public Works Committee on April 30, the naming of the Spring Valley toll plaza in honor of the late Rockland County Times publisher Armand Miele has come closer to being a reality. The resolution requests New York State and the […]