Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato announced that his office will host another small business workshop on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the Allison Parris Office Building, 11 New Hempstead Road, New City from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. The workshop is being presented in conjunction with the Rockland Economic Development Corporation and Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef. Topics covered […]
United Water to Host Open House at Haverstraw Water Supply Project Rockland residents invited to tour pilot purification facility on Saturday, May 19 United Water New York has announced it will host an open house for local residents to visit and tour the Haverstraw Water Supply Project pilot facility. Refreshments will be available as well […]
Task force warns community about prescription drug abuse “epidemic” BY SARA GILBERT On Thursday, May 10, The District Attorney’s Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force, along with several other organizations, held a symposium at Rockland Community College to address what some are calling “an epidemic.” About 20 or 25 years ago, cocaine and crack were the […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ERIN MAHER This past sunny Saturday, May 12, was the perfect weather for a parade. The annual African American Parade and Festival was held in Nyack, Rockland County. The parade, organized by the local Nyack chapter of the NAACP, promptly began at 2 p.m. at the at the old Nyack High […]
Palisades residents express strong support BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR, ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Facing a roomful of strident supporters, the Orangetown Town Board Tuesday granted a conditional OK to proceed with the design phase of constructing a new 1,020-foot sidewalk in “downtown” Palisades. Residents came out in force for a public discussion on the project, […]
The county’s unannounced project to revamp their shoddy website has concluded. No longer is the impossible-to-remember address “http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/” used for the site. Now the far simpler and more user-friendly http://rocklandgov.com is the place to go. The new site features “popular searches” on the front page as well as a news ticker. Departments of the government […]