Orange & Rockland (O&R) plans to begin work Monday (Aug, 17) on a $2.5 million storm-hardening project designed to improve service resiliency and minimize storm-related service interruptions by burying the overhead electric lines that run along the causeway that crosses Lake DeForest between Congers and New City in Clarkstown. This project calls for undergrounding existing […]
The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) released its fourth in a series of Coronavirus Economic Impact reports designed to highlight the impact the pandemic is having on business activity and county revenues. The report comes a day after the State Division of Budget released its First Quarter Financial Plan Update that estimates State coffers are facing a current […]
SPRING VALLEY, NY – Last Thursday, the Spring Valley Police Department announced the passing of Retired Detective George Gibson at the age of 90. Detective Gibson started his career in 1964 as a Spring Valley Police Officer. In 1968, he became the first African American Police officer in Rockland County to be promoted to Detective. […]
The Village of Wesley Hills is proud to announce that it is the first municipality in New York State and the entire Northeast to implement a Community Choice Aggregation Program (CCA) for natural gas. It is anticipated that the Program will begin for residents and small commercial accounts during the billing cycle that begins in […]
County Executive Ed Day signed the Resolution authorizing the sale of tax delinquent county-owned property to Habitat For Humanity of Rockland. 28 and 32 Second Street, Hillburn, NY, were acquired through foreclosures by Rockland County. Habitat For Humanity offered to purchase the properties for $53,932.01 which is the amount of delinquent tax due to the […]
Orange & Rockland plans to finish restoring power by Tuesday night, Aug. 11 at 11 p.m. to the vast majority of the approximately 200,000 customers who lost service in yesterday’s fast-moving, hard-hitting storm. The crews have already restored power to more than half the customers affected by the storm, which caused enormous damage in the […]
