BY ROBERT KNIGHT City Editor Pearl River will soon get 16 new senior citizen apartment units in its downtown business district if Orangetown officials approve a request to permit the project to proceed with less than the required number of parking spaces. Attorney Brian Quinn said his client will make a formal application for a zone […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann This week we were stunned as a nation when we learned of the horrible slaughter of 59 of our fellow citizens in Las Vegas and 527 more injured. Our hearts, still heavy with pain, go out to the families of the victims, and we pray with them in their darkest hour. Yet, […]
Courts have ruled that the residents of Stony Point will indeed be asked to vote on a referendum seeking $717,000 toward the relocation and expansion of Rose Memorial Library. Town Clerk Joan Skinner and the town attorneys had argued the library board failed to file paperwork to qualify for the referendum in a timely fashion. […]
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BY KATHY KAHN Five school districts in New York have no full-day classes for kindergarteners—and North Rockland is one of them. Two Rockland County residents last Thursday met at Stony Point’s RHO to talk to parents about changes in Common Core that make full-day kindergarten essential to meet first grade standards. The school district has […]
STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN Two open houses earlier this week in West Nyack and in Greenburgh (Westchester) presented New York State Department of Transportation findings about a dedicated bus lane on the new bridge. “There always was an option for the bridge to have a dedicated bus lane, and it’s being built with that […]