On Thursday, January 23, Rockland County is set to unveil its new high-tech electronic fareboxes, finally catching up with the 21st century. The fareboxes are an expected step in creating a card system for Rockland mass transit, similar to New York City’s popular Metro Cards. At long last, mass transit customers are saying. The new […]
West Nyack accident shuts highway; firefighters cut open car to make rescue BY BILL DEMAREST WEST NYACK – A driver was briefly trapped in the wreckage of a two-car crash on the New York State Thruway that shut the southbound side of the highway near the Palisades Center mall in West Nyack Wednesday afternoon. Three […]
UPDATED BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Novartis Pharmaceuticals has notified local officials that they will be closing their Suffern plant over the course of the next three years, County Executive Ed Day confirmed with the Rockland County Times. Employees of the company received the news during their 2 o’clock shift, Day said. The company will attempt to […]
FROM THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE Governor Deploys Additional Equipment and Personnel to Assist in Winter Storm Response; Activates State Emergency Operations Center Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency as a major winter storm has moved into the New York City metropolitan area. The State of Emergency covers the following counties: Suffolk, Nassau, […]
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the region from noon Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday, including all of Rockland County. The National Weather Service predicts 5 – 10″ of snow (updated prediction 5 a.m. Tuesday), beginning late morning/around noon, with the heaviest snow falling between the evening commute and midnight. The snow should […]
PRESS RELEASE PEARL RIVER, NY Jan. 16, 2014 – O&R is alerting its customers to a widespread email scam involving bogus bills that purport to originate from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a San Francisco-based company that is one of the largest electric and gas utilities in the U.S. PG&E has received calls from people, […]