TRANSPORT OF ROCKLAND ROLLS OUT NEW BUSES

TRANSPORT OF ROCKLAND ROLLS OUT NEW BUSES

On Monday Rockland County announced that four new buses are now in service in Rockland County’s Transport of Rockland (TOR) fleet. The buses – two 29-foot and two 35-foot vehicles – are painted in the traditional white and green TOR colors and feature a low-floor design for easy boarding. The vehicles also include front door wheelchair access ramps; front, rear […]

RCT columnist on front page of TIME

RCT columnist on front page of TIME

RCT guest humor columnist Ella Steinbeck is the model on the cover of Time Magazine’s “breast cancer’s new frontier” edition this week. Congratulations, Ella!

Nyack H.S. Grad’s Climate Article Selected for 2015 Science Writing Anthology

Eli Kintisch, a graduate of Nyack High School’s Class of 1995, was honored by his selection to be in  “Best Science and Nature Writing of 2015,” published this month in trade paperback by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. One of 26 articles chosen this year, his piece titled “Into the Maelstrom” was published in SCIENCE on April 18, […]

County working with SBA to increase services available to small business

County working with SBA to increase services available to small business

PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day, joined by U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Regional Administrator Kellie LeDet, SBA New York District Director Beth Goldberg and Rockland County Director of Economic Growth and Tourism Lucy Redzeposki, on Wednesday announced the signing of a Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) that will bring more SBA programs and services to new […]

TWIN RIG WET DOWN

Stony Point Ambulance Corps has announced the commissioning of two new ambulances onSaturday, October 10, 2015.  SPAC invites the community to join as they initiate two state-of-the art vehicles from 2-4 p.m. at the Ambulance Building,  47 South Liberty Drive (9W).  There will be a ceremony and blessing of these rigs conducted by town officials and the Stony Point community, […]

Superintendent of East Ramapo School District resigns under pressure

BY JANIE ROSMAN On the heels of last week’s meeting with the state monitors, the East Ramapo school board called an emergency meeting Wednesday night. After it opened, the board immediately went into executive session, emerging nearly 90 minutes later to announce Superintendent Joel Klein reached a separation agreement with the district, replaced by interim superintendent […]