O&R TO MOBILIZE WORKFORCE AS SEVERE STORM APPROACHES

O&R Press Release PEARL RIVER, NY Feb. 12, 2014 2 p.m. — O&R has declared a company-wide Storm Watch in anticipation of a significant snow storm due on Thursday. The latest revised forecast calls for a storm packing 8-14 inches of snowfall to hit the O&R service area about 5 a.m. Thursday. Snow is expected […]

Common Core Updateโ€”Breaking News

BY CHERYL SLAVIN Just days after local legislators held a public forum on common core issues, including a discussion about the Legislatureโ€™s push for a moratorium on common core implementation, the state Board of Regents announced that it will adopt several measures that will delay the impact of Common Core-related state assessments on educators and […]

Robert Krahulik Resigns

Days after NY GOP Chairman Ed Cox requested he quit, Orange County GOP Chairman Robert Krahulik has resigned from his post. Krahulik, 48, was embroiled in a sexting scandal that had led him to voluntarily take a 60-day leave of absence. Cox was not satisfied with a mere leave and asked for Krahulik’s resignation, which […]

A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES LARGEST COCKFIGHTING BUST IN STATE HISTORY

โ€œOperation Angry Birdsโ€ takedown spanning three counties, results in 70 people taken into custody, nine felony arrests and as many as 3,000 birds found; ASPCA assists in removal and sheltering of animals RELEASE FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE NEW YORK โ€“ Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced tonight that his Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) executed […]

Boil Order Lifted in West Nyack

PRESS RELEASE The Rockland County Health Department has lifted the boil water order issued on February 5 for the following addresses in West Nyack. It is no longer necessary for these customers in West Nyack to boil their water prior to consumption. Strawtown Rd. # 65, 71 Demarest Ave. # 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, […]