Spring Valley Village Treasurer Greg Smith announced his resignation from office on Monday morning, after alleging that Village Mayor Alan Simon had attempted to fire him. Speaking to the Journal News following his resignation, Smith stated that the village board of trustees had intervened when Mayor Simon attempted to remove the Treasurer from office, asserting […]
A pre-dawn fire destroyed a synagogue in the Hillcrest Fire District of Pomona on Wednesday morning. Flames shot into the early morning sky, torching the 2 1⁄2-story Chabad Synagogue of Pomona Heights at 34 North Ridge Road. The fire was initially discovered by a congregant who had arrived at the building for morning prayers and […]
At approximately 10:19 a.m. on the morning of April 5, a surprise 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Lebanon, New Jersey, resulting in tremors that were felt throughout Rockland County. According to CNN, reports of tremors being felt by the public have been made throughout the Hudson Valley and Northeast, from Philadelphia to New York City. […]
Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) was in Clarkstown on Tuesday to tout new federal funding for a project that will protect a neighborhood prone to severe flooding. As previously reported by the RCT, Lawler, in cooperation with Senator Charles Schumar and Kirsten Gillibrand, has secured $2.5 million in federal funding to construct a levee at Jeffrey […]
Rockland BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) West Nyack campus will soon receive a major upgrade. On March 6th, Rockland County voters decided by an overwhelming majority to approve the construction of a new, 52,000 square foot, two-story building to support current and future growth of Rockland BOCES Career and Technical Education and STEM programs […]
New York households hoping for some relief from a controversial tax policy were disappointed last week when a bid by Rockland representative Mike Lawler R (NY-17), to double the cap on SALT (state and local tax) deductions failed a procedural vote in the House of Reps. The Salt Marriage Penalty Elimination Act, which would have […]