Habitat for Humanity of Rockland (HFHR) recently held a ground breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of a new house at 16 Partition Street in Haverstraw. Habitat for Humanity of Rockland is a group of people committed to eliminating substandard housing conditions in Rockland County. HFHR has previously built seven homes in Rockland County; four in […]
VALLEY COTTAGE – Clarkstown Police pulled in a big haul on Tuesday morning when they discovered an industrial scale marijuana grow in a Valley Cottage house. The Thomas Court house, which was unoccupied at the time, was searched at about 5 a.m. with the aid of a search warrant. Police subsequently found 200 plants […]
STATEMENT OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY REGARDING SYMPATICARE, LLC’S DECISION TO TERMINATE $32 MILLION DEAL TO PURCHASE SUMMIT PARK HOSPITAL & NURSING CARE CENTER “Sympaticare, LLC chose to walk away from this transaction after publicly stating that it fully intended to continue providing quality health care services to our community. By pulling out of the […]
BY JENNA HUTCHINS On Tuesday night the Stony Point Town Board informed the public about a growing controversy and heard comments about the coming debates. The board approved hiring special counsel to assist the Town of Stony Point in light of legal action being taken by the Joint Regional Sewerage Board (JRSB) based in West Haverstraw. The […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Retired school district employee Mae Davis admonished the board and superintendent for what she said are the deplorable conditions of the facilities in East Ramapo School District. “They cut back on maintenance and custodians, used substitute cleaners and had only a skeleton crew,” she said in a recent interview with the Rockland County Times. […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Nyack’s historic Green house has been saved from destruction thanks to the diligent work of a group of local volunteer preservationists and the kind heart of a mortgage company and a bank, which jointly donated the two-century-old sandstone structure to the newly formed Green House Preservation […]