The Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority (Authority) is hosting the first of 10 weekend medication collection events this Saturday, March 11, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. The medications do not need to be labeled and the service is completely free and anonymous. The Authority has been accepting over-the-counter and non-controlled prescription medication for many years. In […]
Concert to The Benefit Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR) and ArtsRock PRESS RELEASE– A slate of musicians is coming together on Saturday, April 15, 2017, 7:30 p.m. at the First Reformed Church, 18 S. Broadway in Nyack to perform a benefit concert for two Rockland County non-profit organizations – The Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR) […]
March 08, 2017 – Suffern, NY – As the Mayor of the Village of Suffern and a Ramapo Taxpayer, I demand the immediate resignation or termination of Michael L. Klein, Esq, as Town Attorney and Nathan Oberman, as Town of Ramapo Receiver of Taxes and Deputy Director of Finance. I previously called for the resignation […]
BY DIANE DIMOND When our Founding Fathers established the framework for this country, they were careful to limit the powers of the federal government. As James Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers, the federal government’s primary and central job is to “provide for the common defense.” As the nation matured, the role of the federal […]
Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,TCN-Deerpark) joined legislators, highway officials and construction workers from across the state at a rally Wednesday in Albany to call for a $150 million increase in the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and additional funding for the PAVE-NY program. These state programs are a main funding source for local governments […]
To the Editor, Brian Kiernan’s recent letter to the editor misstated the plan for the redevelopment of Rockland Psychiatric Center that the Orangetown Town Board unanimously agreed to in 2005. After the town bought 348 acres of surplus property from the state in 2003 to control its own destiny, we issued an official Request […]