NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert this week reminded residents the county to consider getting a flu vaccine before peak season hits. “Take time to get your flu vaccine – it is the first and most important step in protecting against the flu […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN East Ramapo’s new interim superintendent was greeted with a round of applause last week after the school board unanimously voted her to replace Dr. Joel Klein. “We have to provide access to invigorate our students,” Dr. Deborah L. Wortham said. “My philosophy is, ‘What are we doing every hour of every day […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN PHOTOS COURTESY OF NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY Nyack High School juniors Andrew Schla, Olivia Demetres and Andrew Pointek were surprised at the amount of people in various careers collaborating on the New NY Bridge project. “It was more environmentally-friendly,” Demetres said after the Educational Outreach presentation at their school earlier this […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Saint Peter’s University professor Philip Mark Plotch didn’t plan to write a book when he worked at the MTA and LMDC. “I was working on a lot of big projects and felt frustrated when I didn’t know what was going on,” he told a packed room at Nyack Library last week. “Turns […]
BY BARRY WARNER A Presidential Proclamation was signed this year by President Barack Obama to designate October 4-10, 2015 as Fire Prevention Week. Fire Prevention Week was first established to commemorate The Great Chicago Fire in 1871, which killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. […]
Supervisor proposes cuts in totals, taxes BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown Supervisor Andrew Stewart has proposed a $68.1 million 2016 budget that is slightly lower than this year’s total, and which would reduce property taxes to the average homeowner next year by an estimated $54. The 102-page “Supervisor’s tentative Budget” […]