BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Clarkstown residents brought dozens of items of town history to Town Hall Saturday in the first of several planned collection days seeking artifacts of local history for use in celebrating the town’s 225th anniversary this fall. Clarkstown was created in 1791 when it and Ramapo split off from the Town […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Many of you already know that the Rockland Department of Health declared a Stage II water emergency last week and put in place water restrictions limiting how often lawns can be watered, among other water-saving steps. Since then, we’ve gotten a little rain, but not enough. We are hoping […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE VILLAGE OF SPRING VALLEY POLICE DEPT. Eddy Perez-Zenteno, 31, of 52 South Madison Avenue, Spring Valley has been charged with attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree for an alleged attack against a transgender male. The Spring Valley Police Department (SVPD) responded to a report of […]
First pool (group) of mosquitoes to test positive this season for West Nile Virus in Rockland County COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert today announced that the first pool, or group, of mosquitoes to test positive this year in Rockland County for West Nile Virus […]
BY KATHY KAHN Hudson Technologies, Inc. is adding a well-known entity to its list of clients: the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), which through its subsidiary the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) just inked a deal with the company for $400 million. It’s a five year contract with a five year renewable option to handle the military’s […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Among America’s massive workforce are some 900,000 citizens who head out the door every day knowing they could wind up dead. Can you imagine having a job like that? These 900,000 are state and local law enforcement officers, the front line we Americans have to keep us safe. Fewer than 1 million […]