Rockland County Executive Ed Day digitally signed the Change.org petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a National Historic Landmark in Selma, AL, after the late Congressman John R. Lewis who marched across the span in March 7, 1965, as a young civil rights activist, in an effort to take a message of freedom to the segregationist […]
$440 million rate plan focuses on water quality and service reliability SUEZ water co. announced that the New York Public Service Commission has approved a Joint Proposal that includes a comprehensive $440 million investment program. “New York is rebuilding after a difficult, often heart-breaking crisis, but the people of this state are driven and resilient. […]
BEAR MOUNTAIN – Construction has begun for two new cell phone towers on the Palisades Interstate Parkway between Orange and Rockland counties. The new towers, one in Tomkins Cove and the other at Bear Mountain, are expected to be completed before the end of the summer. The dead-zone area is dangerous to travel without cell […]
SUFFERN, NY – Organizers held a “Support Our Police” rally in the Village of Suffern on Sunday, July 12 at the Washington Avenue Soldier’s Monument and Triangle. About 1,000 persons showed up in Suffern to stand in solidarity with law enforcement in the wake of national demonstrations in opposition of perceived police unfairness.
The State University of New York has certified the SUNY Rockland Community College Fall 2020 Restart Plan, and classes will begin on Tuesday, September 1. “While New York has seen an encouraging drop in the number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in March, we will continue to be prudent while reopening the campus,” says RCC […]
Local Peal River resident Andrew Ansbro has been elected President of the FDNY’s largest union, the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York, which represents 20,000 active duty and retired New York City Firefighters. Ansbro was elected in June of 2020 to the post, after serving as a UFA Delegate from 58 Engine in Harlem […]