FOR JEWISH SCHOOL, GOING SOLAR IS A MATTER OF FAITH

FOR JEWISH SCHOOL, GOING SOLAR IS A MATTER OF FAITH

Just in time for Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, a local Jewish school decided to convert sunlight into enough electricity to power over 90 percent of its annual use. With a 45,000-square foot rooftop array, Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland (ASHAR) is the first Jewish school in Rockland County to go solar. For Rabbi Ari […]

SENATOR PROMOTES NEW GIFT CARD LAW

SENATOR PROMOTES NEW GIFT CARD LAW

PRESS RELEASE – Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) greeted shoppers at the Palisades Mall to promote a new consumer friendly gift card law resulting from legislation that was passed and signed earlier this year. The new law delays the point in which fees may be charged for unused gift cards, and prevents an expiration of less […]

FORMER HOME OF FIESTA CANCUN RAZED BY BULLDOZERS

FORMER HOME OF FIESTA CANCUN RAZED BY BULLDOZERS

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The owners of the property of the former Fiesta Cancun restaurant on Rt. 9W in Stony Point have torn the century-old building down after years of it sitting unoccupied. Stony Point Supervisor Jim Monaghan said the town had no control over the property owner’s decision.  The owner told the town he is […]

STATE POLICE: Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman believed to be dead after bridge jump

NY State Police informed the public that former Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman is presumed dead in the waters beneath the Bear Mt Bridge. A man driving Friedman’s car was filmed on surveillance jumping from the bridge this morning and Friedman’s whereabouts are unknown, police said. They began a search for Friedman’s body beneath the bridge […]

IT’S OFFICIAL: Taxes up in Ramapo

IT’S OFFICIAL: Taxes up in Ramapo

BY KATHY KAHN  The Town of Ramapo’s last official board meeting on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. found a dozen residents waiting to hear how last minute budget resolutions would affect them. Ramapo’s $102 million budget for fiscal 2017 carries between a 5-7 percent increase to property owners, depending on where the property is located. […]