NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN
Orangetown’s new Stop & Shop on Rt. 303 hosted a ribbon-cutting June 7. The supermarket donated to local causes, including the police, Goodwill and the Blauvelt Lions Club, as a goodwill gesture.
What it took to Bring Bloomberg to Rockland
Rockland IDA headed negotiations with mega-corporation BY MICHAEL RICONDA Orangetown – The Rockland Industrial Development Agency has been hard at work during the past year bringing big business to Rockland and appears to have struck a groundbreaking final deal with Russo Development Company and Bloomberg for the latter’s new data center in Orangetown. “We’re looking […]
STONY POINT AMBULANCE CORPS ELECTIONS
The annual meeting and Board of Directors’ election for the Stony Point Ambulance Corps will be held on the fourth Monday in June, June 24, 2013, for the purpose of filling two vacancies on the Board of Directors; and voting to accept new life members and new honorary members. Embattled president and vice president, Marc […]
33 Graduate Police Academy
BY BARRY WARNER Thirty-three members of the Rockland County Police Academy, Class 2013 Basic School, graduated Friday morning, June 14, in a ceremony before officials, families and friends. The graduates had just completed 20 weeks of mandated class work and will undergo hours of field training alongside veteran officers. Seven of the graduates were part […]
Rockland Agencies Launch www.rocklandhunger.org
The Rockland Community Against Hunger (RCAH) announces the launch of www.rocklandhunger.org, an online resource to provide information, raise awareness, mobilize support and educate residents about nutrition and hunger in Rockland County, New York. According to Maria Dowling, CEO of Rockland Jewish Family Service (a participating RCAH agency), “Many believe that Rockland is an affluent area, […]
Clarkstown announces new law to further removal of double wood poles
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Congers – Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack announced at a press conference on June 19 that he and the Clarkstown Town Board would be imposing a new law to encourage utility companies to clear out hazardous double utility poles which obstruct drivers’ line of sight and pose a risk of collapse. “Our goal […]