By Scott Waters New City North Pole Airport, Holiday Light Show held its “First (F)Light” of the season on Saturday, November 30. The “airport,” is located at 12 Oriole Rd in New City. Every year thousands of guests are entertained with a dazzling aviation themed light display on Thursday-Sunday nights. (Static shows from 5-6 p.m. for those with epilepsy […]
To the Editor, When Mr. Falco was elected as county sheriff he retired from his position in the sheriff Department with a $136,000 pension. Under the new county budget Sheriff Falco will receive a salary of $180,000 for his elected position. So his combined income will be $316,000 in addition to whatever benefits the position […]
MARCH 8, 2020 • SUNY ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FIELDHOUSE Dear Corporate Friend of YouthFest, YouthFest offers Rockland’s business community an opportunity to meet and greet with thousands of parents and children. In the last twenty one years we have built a large audience – last year’s crowd was over 5,000 and we anticipate an even […]
The Youth Council advises state policy makers on priority issues for NYS youth The Rockland County Youth Bureau is accepting applications from youth who want to serve on the New York State Youth Council. First announced in Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s State of the State address this past January, the Youth Council will increase participatory […]
To the Editor, While the country processes hours of testimony pointing to Trump soliciting election interference from the president of Ukraine, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is slow-walking critical election security funding. Clearly, he doesn’t think protecting our democracy from foreign attacks is important. It’s no wonder he’s been dubbed Moscow Mitch. This isn’t just […]
Rockland County celebrated its 35th Anniversary Recognition Dinner and Fundraiser recently “Celebrating Honorees Who Help Us Help the Community of Rockland!” Opening the evening was a bagpipe processional introducing the honorees followed by the beautiful voice of Marta Rodgriguez singing the national anthem. BBBS 2019 honorees were Bruce Bortnicker, Judie Greenstein, Patrick Hogan, The Independent […]