SUFFERN – The Rockland Development Council (RDC), the professional trade association of 55 Rockland County nonprofits, will hold its 14th Annual Philanthropy Day & Awards Breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Crowne Plaza in Suffern. Registration and breakfast opens at 8:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 9 a.m. The breakfast keynote speaker […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM NITA LOWEY WHITE PLAINS, NY – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, announced today that Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx has approved a loan of up to $1.6 billion through its Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program for construction of a new […]
Structure just off Main Street cited as a hazard BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – A small garage just of Main Street in Nyack that was dressed up as a tribute to the Underground Railroad has been ordered torn down because the structure has fallen into disrepair and is a hazard. The narrow, two-story block and […]
D.A.: Bardonia man unlicensed, used money from victims to finance other projects BY BILL DEMAREST NEW CITY – An unlicensed contractor from Bardonia has pleaded guilty to grand larceny for stealing $40,000 from a Nanuet couple who hired him to do renovations on their home, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe. Michael Kubasek […]
Community college chargebacks not included in the budget as a revenue source NEW CITY, NY – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today submitted a $760.9 million proposed budget that includes a property tax increase tax of 9.9 percent, with no additional increases in any taxes or fees. “The 2014 Proposed Budget maintains all of our […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Larry Miller writes all his own material and says there is plenty to go around with the things happening in the world. Miller flies in to the area this weekend from Los Angeles, where he’s done movies such as “Pretty Woman” and where he lives with his wife, who is a […]