POLL: New York Ditches Mask Mandate, Will Citizens Follow Suit?

POLL: New York Ditches Mask Mandate, Will Citizens Follow Suit?

New York State has reached a major milestone in the fight against Covid-19. On Wednesday, May 19, in accordance with new recommendations from the CDC, the state government lifted the “mask mandate”, which required residents to leave their faces covered in public settings. The decision came after the state was pressured by multiple County Executives, […]

Protecting Rockland: County Government Reassures Residents of Gas Supply

Protecting Rockland: County  Government Reassures Residents of Gas Supply

If there is one thing we here at the Rockland Times have learned over the past year and a half, it’s that people’s reactions to a problem can often dictate how  bad that problem will be. Case in point, the hacking of the Colonial Pipeline. Though the pipeline has already resumed operation, after being forced […]

Off the Rails: Rockland Skaters Build a Park Off the Beaten Path

Off the Rails: Rockland Skaters Build a Park Off the Beaten Path

“No one really does the kind of stuff we do,” said “Anthony Hawkins”, a skateboard enthusiast who, on the condition of anonymity, shared one of the county’s better kept secrets: A skate park hidden in the woods of Haverstraw.  With no prior construction or building experience, “Hawkins” and a small group of local skaters combined […]

Concerns Over Future of Town Property Goes to Referendum: Stony Point residents will vote to retain or sell its Patriot Hills Golf Course

Concerns Over Future of Town Property Goes to Referendum: Stony Point residents will vote to retain or sell its Patriot Hills Golf Course

The recent contract signed by Stony Point and Patriot Hills, LLC to sell the town’s municipal golf course has become a flash point, one that will soon be settled by a town wide referendum. This is also an election year, and voters will be going to the polls to re-elect incumbent Jim Monaghan, a Republican […]