PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day congratulated six students who won the 26th annual Eleanor Burlingham Earth Day essay contest in an awards ceremony Thursday. Five of the students wrote about recycling and one wrote an essay about a tree her grandfather planted in her backyard. The winners were: Ramapo Central’s Viola Elementary School […]
The grand opening of the “Festa di Maria Montevergine” was held at the Haverstraw King’s Daughter’s Library on Sunday, June 4. The exhibit is presented by Corinne McGeorge and Hudson Valley Exhibits, Inc. This celebration began in Italy in the early 1900s and was brought to this country by two brothers, Angelo and Charlie DeGiso, […]
Andrew Kolesar, a freshman at North Rockland High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 61, announced at this week’s Town of Haverstraw Board meeting that his Eagle Scout project will see the installation of flag receptacles at the Haverstraw Town Hall, Town of Haverstraw Police Department and at Bowline Point Park. The purpose […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Transit signal priority that will keep lights green when buses approach an intersection is one of several Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) improvements provided by the Lower Hudson Transit Link — a new bus system that will replace the current Tappan ZEExpress lines Suffern to White Plains and Spring Valley to Tarrytown (via Nyack) — […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown continued studying options for expanding its municipal office space Tuesday, concentrating on eight proposals for a new town hall presented by the town’s consulting architects and planners, The Musial Group. The informational session prior to a workshop meeting of the council occupied most of the two-hour […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It figures to be a hectic Stony Point Planning Board meeting Thursday, June 22, 7 p.m. at the RHO Building. New Planet Sustainable Fuels will be making a presentation on their Holt Dr. site plan and a new application will be presented for the waterfront development project, now named “Eagle Bay” and […]