Senator Bill Larkin (R,C,I- 39th District) announced this week that he had secured $250,000 in state funding to help restore Stony Point’s historic Town Hall. The funding comes from a State and Municipal (SAM) funding grant and is one of several SAM grants that the senator has recently obtained for the region. “The historic Town […]
During the Roman Catholic Church’s “Jubilee Year of Mercy” the New York Archdiocese, led by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, is holding a number of “Mercy Saturdays” throughout the area. The cardinal invites north Rocklanders and others to attend the upcoming Mercy Saturday on April 16, at the Salesian National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in […]
BY KATHY KAHN No one wants to see a balance of great companies with good jobs coming into Rockland County more than Rick Struck, who was chosen as interim president/CEO of the Rockland Economic Development Corporation and has now been formally assigned to the task of bringing great business and rateables to the county. Struck […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Twenty two artists on two stages in support of 15 not-for-profit organizations will converge at the German-Masonic Fairgrounds in Tappan for the annual Rockland-Bergen Music Festival, featuring Southside Johny and the Asbury Jukes, Jorma Kaukonen, Willie Nile, Joe D’Urso and StoneCaravan, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Bob Dorough’s Schoolhouse Rock and […]
Homecare & Healthcare Workers of 1199SEIU Press Release and Statement The homecare and healthcare workers of 1199SEIU, the healthcare union that has been helping to lead the Fight For $15, are celebrating the historic budget agreement that has put New York State on the path to a $15 minimum wage. Millions of hardworking New Yorkers […]
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ROCKLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Suez has recently issued a notice informing their customers about an MCL Violation (maximum containment level) for Total Trihalomethanes in their water system. The language in their notice was largely prepared by the New York State Department Health to inform everyone about the levels found […]