PRESS RELEASE – Major General Anthony P. German, the Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces recent awards and individual recognitions for members of the New York Guard state defense force for their continuing commitment to serve community, state and nation as part of New York State’s Military Forces. Sgt. 1st Class Anthony […]
Your weekly forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello, Rockland County! Can you believe it’s nearly September? Time sure flies. Before I begin, I’d like to send my deepest thoughts and prayers to the people of southeastern Texas and Louisiana who were affected by Hurricane Harvey and its truly biblical rainfall amounts and resulting floods. The nation […]
Free tickets to High Holiday services at Rockland County Board of Rabbis’ synagogues are now available to qualifying households. The free ticket offer is made possible by the Rockland Jewish Initiative (RJI), a program of the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Rockland County. To qualify for the free tickets, applicants must not have been a […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Our air-conditioned bus turned into the former Ramp E Thruway entrance and headed toward the new Tappan Zee Bridge to celebrate the opening of its new westbound span. En route, we learned where the shared use path for the Hudson Valley’s first cable-stayed bridge would begin near the Westchester […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Tomorrow is a long-anticipated day: the westbound span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge will open to westbound motorists. The media was offered a peek at the $3.1-mile, $3.98 billion project today, its first since the eight main span towers were finished in December. Since then, crews have been working to complete that […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE– Rockland County Executive Ed Day was at the Garner Arts Center in Garnerville today to announce the availability of $42,000 in state grants to support community-based arts and cultural activities. “This funding helps to ensure that cultural activity is accessible to all residents whether they live in Haverstraw or Piermont or Garnerville […]