STATEMENT OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAY, LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN WOLFE AND RCHFC CHAIRPERSON SHERWOOD ON AGREEMENT TO SELL SUMMIT PARK HOSPITAL AND NURSING CARE CENTER: “Rockland County and the Rockland County Health Facilities Corporation (RCHFC) today finalized an agreement to transfer ownership of Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center to the Summit Park Acquisition Group. The […]
NYACK – Orange and Rockland Utilities has completed about 35 percent of the latest phase of a $1.3 million project to modernize Nyack’s gas system to make it more reliable and frost resistant. READ MORE: http://nyackfreepress.blogspot.com/2014/07/about-one-third-of-nyack-gas-main.html
NEW CITY – Following a seven-month probe, Clarkstown Police and the District Attorney’s Special Victims and Community Prosecution units nabbed seven suspects in a sweep of five Clarkstown day spas where prostitution allegedly took place. The undercover operation, which began in November 2013 and continued into May 2014, targeted area day spas where workers stand […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The County Legislature has approved its amendments to the county charter, but the debate over the inclusion of additional items is not yet over. In an interview with the Rockland County Times, County Executive Ed Day expressed disappointment that the legislative version of the reforms did not include term […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN For the first time in over a decade, fireworks will illuminate the skies above Stony Point this Friday night, courtesy of the Wayne Hose Company’s annual Wayne Day Bazaar. The bazaar, which will be set up behind Kirkbride Hall on Patriot Hills Drive, will also offer rides and games from Shamrock Shows […]
Airmont Road closure should not cause too much traffic, officials say BY KRISTEN SULLIVAN A portion of Airmont Road will be closed from July 18-20 in order to expedite track replacements by Norfolk-Southern Railroad, Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and other Ramapo town officials announced on Wednesday. The current railroad crossing is traveled on by over […]