Although the multi-town initiative to replace the dilapidated Hi-Tor animal shelter in Pomona was scrapped, the 50-year-old shelter demands that the $475,000 raised toward the project be reimbursed. However, it is unclear whether that money will be reabsorbed into Rockland County’s coffers as Rockland Green’s Chairman Howard Phillips and his coalition of town supervisors have […]
Like many other Rockland residents, I was happy to see my weather app finally forecasting an end to the excessive heat, humidity, and frequent threat of thunderstorms we have endured over the past few weeks. That sense of relief was only fleeting, as an email headline in my inbox, referencing resilient infrastructure, quickly reminded me that we are […]
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II has announced that a Rockland County Grand Jury has indicted three Haverstraw men of multiple felonies stemming from the July 8, 2022 murder of 17-year-old Treynahel Cineus, in Spring Valley, New York. Anthony Mitchell, 23 of Haverstraw, New York, Ahmad Williams, 21 of Haverstraw, New York, and Brian Thomas, 20 […]
This week, in a surprise announcement, the MTA established its Central Business District (CBD) Tolling Program’s Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB). The Board will be tasked, among other things, with recommending a plan for credits, discounts and/or exemptions for tolls paid the same day on bridges and tunnels. Unfortunately, the MTA established its Review Board […]
Back in April, I wrote a column that cited Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” to illustrate the path the Town took to preserve open space at the Bear Swamp Preserve and Nature Trail. This time around I’m looking to give you insight into all the ways that the Clarkstown Highway Department has dealt […]
As cases of monkeypox grow in the New York metropolitan area, The Jacobs Family Pride Wellness Center of Montefiore Nyack Hospital is providing vaccinations and is ready to test and treat patients with the disease. The Center has partnered with the Rockland County Department of Health which supplies the vaccine for administration to at-risk people living in […]