BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef joined representatives of various hunger relief groups on Tuesday to proclaim September 2013 as Rockland County Hunger Action Month, kicking off a host of programs which will provide food relief to Rockland’s neediest residents. The announcement covers members of the Rockland Hunger Coalition, a […]
Suffern, N.Y. – Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence announced today that the Town of Ramapo Fall Film Festival 2013 will open on Saturday, October 19 with the screening of Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather.” The Godfather is a 1972 crime epic starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, James Caan and Talia Shire. The American Film […]
Stony Point Ambulance Corps (SPAC) had a special ceremony on August 29. The evening came as a surprise to SPAC’s Honorary Member and Clerk of the Works Sam Richmond, as he was greeted by a room full of members, friends, and family honoring his contributions to the construction of this state-of-the-art emergency medical services facility […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown’s Town Board happily announced Tuesday that the long-awaited sidewalk project for Route 340 in Orangeburg and Sparkill will finally get built, after nearly a decade in the planning stage. The board’s only regret in making the announcement at a regularly scheduled workshop meeting was that the chief proponent […]
All residents invited to honor those who lost their lives NEW CITY, NY – The County of Rockland invites all Rockland residents to attend a memorial ceremony beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Haverstraw Bay County Park, marking the 12th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. “We invite […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Pomona – Former Hi-Tor Operations Manager Brian Bradshaw resigned from his position at the animal shelter in late August, creating further friction at the already beleaguered facility. Though the exact reason for the resignation was not elaborated upon, an anonymous source suggested he did so to avoid termination for claiming another Hi-Tor […]