Event kicks-off national EMS Week, May 18 – 24 NEW CITY, NY — Rockland County Executive Ed Day will recognize and honor local emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners for their outstanding contributions to the community this weekend. The County’s annual EMS Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, May 18 at 6 p.m. at the Rockland […]
BY ROBERTKNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board spent more than an hour Tuesday debating how to reduce costs in its $8 million sewer department. The department, currently headed by Director Joseph Moran, is the third largest unit of town government in Orangetown, after police and highway, operating a waste water collection […]
Full text of Astorino’s speech to GOP Convention Thursday in Rye Brook, NY Thank you, Chairman Cox. Thank you, Chairman Colety. Thank you, New York Republicans from all across this state for putting your faith in me today. Thank you, Sheriff Chris Moss! You honor me as a running mate. And, of course, thank you […]
NEW JERSEY AG’S OFFICE TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a Spring Valley, N.Y., man pleaded guilty today to a first-degree drug charge in connection with 24 kilograms of cocaine that were seized from his car on Route 287 in Parsippany-Troy Hills when he was stopped by the New Jersey State […]
Using the media to get out the message BY KATHY KAHN It’s a great place to live, work and play, but in order to get more companies to take a look at the New York’s smallest but strategically located county, Rockland’s Economic Development Corporation is using the media to get out the message. Michael DiTullo, […]
Will gambling grow on Rockland’s border? BY KATHY KAHN Asia’s largest casino operator received on Monday night what it came to the Town of Tuxedo for: A letter of consent to build a “four season resort with a gambling component.” Tuxedo’s town board, in a 3-2 decision, gave Genting the go-ahead. Residents are clearly divided […]