The New York Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan traveled to Westchester on November 15, 2017, to address the New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance (AREA) at its Annual Member Reception at Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown. More than 75 guests, including local officials and leaders of local business and labor, were present to hear Leader Flanagan’s remarks. The leader […]
The Board of Directors of the Arts Council of Rockland this week announced the appointment of Kate Mitchell as executive director. The board stated in an email release, “We did a broad and thorough search for someone who had a track record of success in the not for profit world, strong leadership skills and a […]
Phillip E. Goldstein, managing partner of Goldstein, Lieberman & Company LLC, announced that Crain’s New York Business has ranked the rapidly-expanding firm the as one of the largest accounting firms in the New York City area. The list of firms, available on the Crain’s New York website, (www.crainsnewyork.com), includes the number of professionals in various […]
The Chamber Alliance of Rockland County has officially been born. The Alliance was created to bring together members of all the chambers in the county for networking, sharing of resources, educational opportunities, group savings, and more. So far six Chambers are participating including Nanuet, North Rockland, New City, Nyack, Pearl River, Piermont and Suffern. […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The concept of medical marijuana has gained broad acceptance across America’s demography even while politicians and government bureaucracies in Washington D.C. continue to stymie policy change. National polls commissioned by Yahoo and Quinnipiac this year measured public support for federal acceptance of medical marijuana at 83 and 94 percent respectively, an overwhelming political […]
FROM GASBUDDY Average retail gasoline prices in New York have fallen 4.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.69/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 gas outlets in New York. This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.0 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.47/g, according to […]