Carlucci Pushes for Holiday Decoration Warnings to Protect Children State Sen. David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced legislation on Weds. Dec 14 that would put warning labels on holiday decorations containing lead. The New York Dept. of Health reported over 100 children in Rockland and Westchester counties were positive for elevated lead levels in 2012. Studies […]
PRESS RELEASE – Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that the county has been awarded more than $3 million in grants to support economic development and preserve the high quality of life in Rockland. “Our vision of the county as a place where businesses thrive and residents enjoy top-rate services and access to the […]
Frustrated Council seeks criminal prosecution BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A frustrated Orangetown Town Board Tuesday voted to seek injunctive relief in the courts to force Aluf Plastics Corp. to comply with town codes for odor and performance standards or risky hefty fines and possible shut-down. The company is also under […]
Rockland Center for the Arts celebrates the vision of its creative students in a Members’ Exhibition, Jan. 15 – Feb. 5. Artwork will include pottery, glass beads, drawing, painting and sculpture from over 180 members. Early founders, Rockland residents and patrons – Helen Hayes, Henry Varnum Poor, Aaron Copland, Paulette Goddard and Burgess Meredith, wanted […]
BY KATHY KAHN The Rockland Legislature held its final public hearing on the proposed 2017 county budget Tuesday night before delving into a two-hour discussion of why funding was restored to dozens of public benefit corporations and 50 vacant county positions the Executive branch had proposed to eliminate were added back. Democrats eliminated a proposed […]
Seymour Goodman, 90, father to Deborah Goodman, a Rockland County resident, died at Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, on November 24, 2016. He was a veteran of World War II serving from July 11, 1944, until June 21, 1946. PFC. Goodman was born on December 12, 1925, in Brooklyn, NY. After serving in the U.S. Army, Mr. Goodman […]