BY MICHAEL RICONDA County Legislator Harriet Cornell has once again sounded alarms on United Water New York’s proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw, specifically targeting what she says are vague and non-transparent financial projections. Cornell issued a request to the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) to deny UWNY’s planned rate hike of $56.8 million to make […]
Friends of the Nyacks working on replacement fundraising event BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – The Friends of the Nyack had a terrific turnout in 2013 for their Red Carpet Oscar Party in Nyack, and hoped it would be a smashing success again this year. But the social event designed to raise money for the civic […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column In dead of winter, rowers go indoors for world event The brutal winter has not prevented frostbite fleets from competing on the western end of Long Island Sound off Larchmont Yacht Club, nor has it stopped a group of seasoned youth rowers representing the Nyack-based River Rowing Association. Mind you, […]
Rockland County native Jada Parker, Civil/Structural Engineer at CH2M HILL, was recently presented with the Most Promising Engineer – Industry award at the 2014 BEYA STEM Conference in Washington, DC. The BEYA STEM conference is a multicultural event that unites students, college administrators, recruiters, engineering and IT professionals, scientists, and high-level decision-makers from the corporate, […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Speaking to the county legislature’s Multi-Services Committee, Rockland County’s executive director of Public Policy, Stephen Powers, announced more details on the transfer of inpatient and emergeny treatment services from the county’s facility in Pomona to Nyack Hospital. According to Powers, the transfer process is smoothly progressing toward its projected […]
Residence Inn by Marriott first extended stay hotel for county BY KATHY KAHN If the road becomes too long and too winding, travelers have a new option in Rockland–the county’s first extended stay hotel, Residence Inn by Marriott on Rt. 303 in Orangeburg, adjacent to Loew’s and Stop n’ Shop. On Thursday, February 20, Marriott […]