BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – In an occasionally heated session, the County Legislature’s Budget & Finance Committee declined to approve a repeal of the county’s four percent residential energy tax on June 10. Though bipartisan support initially appeared to push the bill into the realm of possibility, the Budget & Finance Committee was split […]
Help is available: NYS Foreclosure Relief Unit Mobile Command Center visits Rockland BY CHERYL SLAVIN Hosted by Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, and in partnership with several local organizations, the NYS Foreclosure Relief Unit’s Mobile Command Center set up shop at two Rockland locations last week—Spring Valley on Wednesday, and Airmont on Thursday. Staffed by State Department […]
On May 18, 2014, Dominican College celebrated its 60th commencement, awarding diplomas to over 550 graduates. Several area residents were granted degrees: Vincent Accardi of Valley Cottage, BA Daniel John Alacar of New Hempstead, BA Jessica Aulakh of New City, BA Khatira Azatullah of Bardonia, BA Nisha Azhakath of Spring Valley, BA Michael Canzona of […]
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 the Pearl River Rotary Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees President, Donald Brenner, and Rotary Scholarship Selection Committee Chairman, Frank Ripa, presented 20 scholarship winners with awards of $3,000 each. In 1989, under the theme of ‘Making a Difference,’ the Pearl River Rotary Club chartered the Scholarship Foundation. Its mission was […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Brian Miele, the former Ramapo School official and Hillburn mayor who stood accused of falsifying teacher credentials to net his family and associates higher salaries, pled guilty on May 29. However, he did so while facing a considerably lighter sentence than he had at his indictment. Miele, 61, was convicted of three […]
The New Jersey & New York Volunteer Firemen’s Association held their 101st annual convention at Cresskill N.J. on Friday, June 6 with members from both Rockland and Bergen Counties in attendance. Nick Gatti (past chief Piermont Fire Department) was elected president of the interstate association succeeding Robert Kirsch (past chief Bergenfield N.J. Fire Department) after […]