BY CHRIS FAULKNER California recently established the most stringent energy-extraction restrictions in the nation. As the CEO of a natural gas firm, you probably think I vigorously opposed these rules. You’d be wrong. In fact, California’s new law is a welcome step in the evolution of the American energy market. One of the biggest inhibitors […]
Clarkstown drained its reserves keeping afloat budgets rippled with a river of structural deficits. It must now sell a Town asset for cash or lose its Triple A bond rating. Clarkstown’s seniors will be muzzled and ‘sold down the river’ for cash. BLOG BY MICHAEL HULL From news reports it is becoming increasingly worrisome that the Town […]
Advisory: Potential for Heavy Rain this weekend The Rockland County Office of Fire and Emergency warns that weather forecasts see an increasing chance of a 2 to 4 inch rainfall starting Saturday afternoon and ending Monday morning. Light rain is forecast to develop and spread northeast across the area Saturday morning. Rain will become moderate Saturday […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Rate-payers might be in for a costly surprise if United Water New York is allowed to increase rates in anticipation of their proposed desalination project, according to an attorney retained by the Town of Ramapo and a collection of other municipal bodies who spoke to the Rockland County Legislature’s […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF WEST NYACK – About four dozen young basketballers were in for a special treat when they gathered at the Rockland JCC on Tuesday, March 25 to help Mackenzie Schnapper raise funds for diabetes research as part of her Bat Mitzvah project. The youths gathered to play an informal tournament for a good […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – In the second of two annual meetings with Rockland and Westchester residents, New NY Bridge project representatives provided the latest information on the ongoing construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge at Nyack High School on March 27. According to Special Advisor Brian Conybeare, the current focus of construction […]