BY MICHAEL RICONDA Nyack – The Nyack Chamber of Commerce held a special After Hours meeting on Tuesday to announce and describe new additions and expansions it plans to make to its emergency room. The new layout will expand the hospital’s floor space by 8300 square feet. The new project will include both an expanded […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The recently-released report for the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office’s 2012 year revealed the office oversaw significantly higher conviction rates over the course of last year, among other figures. The conviction rate was announced to be 95.5 percent, with 574 convictions in Rockland County Court creating a slight 0.87 […]
Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-New City) and Senator David Carlucci (D-Nanuet) sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, Joan McDonald, concerning the recent flooding and closure of State Route 59 in West Nyack. In the letter, Zebrowski and Carlucci requested that the Department of Transportation conduct a review of the recently completed […]
Vice Chairman of the Rockland County Legislature Alden H. Wolfe has proposed a local law that would prevent the rehiring of former county government employees who retired or separated from county government and are receiving compensation for unused fringe benefits or accepted incentives. The law would also prohibit hiring the former employees as consultants or outside […]
Meteorologists are predicting the potential for severe weather Thursday thru Friday The potential for the following exists: – Freshwater flooding Thursday through Friday – Urban flooding of poor drainage and low-lying areas – Small stream flooding – River flooding with possible minor coastal flooding during Thursday evening’s high tides – Surges up to 2 feet […]
ROAD NOW CLEAR A road closure on Route 9W was announced at 1:46 p.m. in the Town of Stony Point for an expected two hours due to a downed tree. The closure is in effect for both north and south bound traffic at an area between Jones Point and Bear Mt. Circle.