Rockland Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence [RCADD] will present a free viewing of the film documentary “Generation Found” on Wednesday, October 11 at Rockland Community College’s Cultural Arts Theatre. Light refreshments will be served at a social hour beginning at 6 p.m. The film will begin at 7 p.m. The film is created by award-winning filmmakers Jeff Reilly […]
Death and Funeral of Nyack Stained Glass Artist Robert Pinart Robert Pinart, a renowned stained and dale de verre glass artist, passed away in Nyack Hospital on October 1 due to respiratory failure. Pinart worked in the United States from 1951 until his retirement in 2008. Many of the churches, synagogues and hospitals in Rockland […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Imagine a parallel universe where your Rockland County tax bill went up a staggering 35 percent to pay for a bloated $926.5 million budget. It could have happened – but it didn’t. Those were the predictions made in a multi-year budget plan done by the county in 2013, […]
CUOMO PRESS RELEASE Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week outlined four major federal cuts, totaling more than $21.2 billion annually, that are part of policies the will hurt New York State. Cuomo declared that the cuts to New York State are disproportionate to the rest of the country – even as New York is the […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE– Rockland County Executive Ed Day joined local officials and advocates to declare Domestic Violence Awareness month in Rockland County. “Domestic violence is a scourge,” he said. “It’s something we all need to recognize for what it is – entrapment, reliance on an abuser, there are so many dynamics to this issue.” He […]
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 […]