The Village of Suffern announced the completion of a downtown walking loop for residents who walk for exercise. Catherine Johnson Southren, Deputy Commissioner, Rockland County Department of Health, Edwin Day, Rockland County Executive, Dr. Mary Leahy, Chief Executive Officer, Good Samaritan Hospital and Edward Markunas, Mayor, Village of Suffern were on hand at the ribbon […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The Rockland County Sewer District has filed a lawsuit in Rockland County Supreme Court against the Town of Ramapo stemming from the failure to remove contaminated soil in Sloatsburg and Hillburn. According to the lawsuit, the County Sewer District contracted with Ramapo on February 29, 2012. Two weeks, later, the Town provided […]
Forty-three Rockland BOCES Technical Education Center (CTEC) students showed off their talents at the recent SkillsUSA State Leadership Conference and Skills Championship in Syracuse. The BOCES team arrived home with eight silver medals in the following categories: Pin Design: Bryan Desir (Clarkstown North) TV/Video Production: Quinton Tramm (Clarkstown South) and Dario Verhille (Clarkstown North) Food […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I was filled with hope when I looked at an auditorium full of town, village and school officials this week. They came, on very short notice, to the first meeting of the Rockland County Shared Services Initiative Panel. As County Executive, I am legally required to form this panel […]
Retired Spring Valley Police Officer Francis Brooke has filed a lawsuit against Rockland County, Director of the Rockland County Police Academy Steven Heubeck, The Sheriff’s Dept., Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco, Spring Valley Police Chief Paul Modica and a half dozen or so other individuals and entities, many involved in law enforcement activities, claiming he […]
Carlucci Bill makes property tax collection more efficient Senator David Carlucci (D- Rockland/Westchester) announced in a press release that he passed legislation to help local New York governments receive property tax payments from taxpayer’s bank accounts. This bill will give governments the right to accept payments directly from individual bank accounts similar to the way […]