Rockland County GOP Chairman Lawrence Garvey, one of the first county chairmen in New York State to formally endorse President-elect Donald Trump this spring, was amongst a coterie of GOP attorneys dispatched to Wisconsin and Michigan to oversee recount efforts demanded by Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Garvey answered several questions about the trip in […]
Frustrated Council seeks criminal prosecution BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A frustrated Orangetown Town Board Tuesday voted to seek injunctive relief in the courts to force Aluf Plastics Corp. to comply with town codes for odor and performance standards or risky hefty fines and possible shut-down. The company is also under […]
STONY POINT – This evening, Wed., Dec. 7, members of the Beach Rd. community in Stony Point will be told by state regulators what options exist to limit damage caused by future floods in the neighborhood. The state’s Hurricane Sandy recovery initiative “New York Rising” will host the meeting 7:30 p.m. at the RHO Building and accept input from the residents […]
Clarkstown High School South was evacuated this morning following a bomb scare. A staff member had reported finding a possible explosive device on the school’s campus just before 11 a.m. Officers from Clarkstown PD and the Sheriff’s Bomb Squard were able to determine the device was not a bomb and the scare was ruled a false alarm. […]
FROM MIDHUDSONNEWS.COM NEW CITY – The Rockland County Legislature adopted a $705 million budget for 2017 that they claim will cut property taxes by 0.43 percent. The plan, however, is $30 million more than the budget that County Executive Ed Day proposed, a budget which included a tax increase of around 1 percent. The discrepancy […]
The NYS – DOT issued a road closure alert following a traffic accident and sink hole incident near the intersection of Rt. 202 and Thiells-Mount Ivy Rd. in the Town of Haverstraw.  Rt. 202 is only closed from the short stretch from Thiell-Mt Ivy to Rt. 45, but congestion in the area is severe. A car […]