The drug crisis is both complicated and insidious and has been growing exponentially for the past twenty years. Every year the number of deaths and overdoses rise across the country and locally despite the best efforts to combat the issue. However, despite these facts we have some reason for hope as half year statistics locally demonstrate that both […]
Zukor Park in New City is one of our most popular parks. The baseball fields are home of the New City Little League, parents take their children to play on our state-of-the-art playground and the basketball courts are always packed with residents playing pick-up games. The old Street School facility houses the offices of the town’s Parks […]
Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert has released a statement informing residents of a potential rabies exposure in the village of New Hempstead. Residents who live in the area may have been exposed to a cat that has been confirmed to have rabies. The young, solid grey shorthair cat was obtained by the […]
The Town of Stony Point is taking steps toward attracting industry to its waterfront. At the town board meeting on Tuesday Town Planner Max Stach spoke about plans to create a “floating zone” also known as reuse zoning. The zoning classification would allow new companies to begin operating on sites formerly occupied by Tappan Zee […]
On Sunday, a group of Rockland residents protested the anti-choice positions of State Assemblyman and NY-17 Republican candidate Mike Lawler. Rockland County Democratic Committee Chair John Gromada released the following statement after the protest: “Despite Mike Lawler’s best effort to hide from voters, the people of Rockland are holding him accountable for his radical, anti-choice […]
New York State has passed new restrictions on the use and availability of firearms following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down New York’s long-standing requirement that gun owners demonstrate proper cause before obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon. On Friday July 1, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a package of new laws devised […]