Republicans to take 4-1 council margin in Clarkstown; Ward system to be implemented for four council seats The Republican Party, with the help of the new-found Reform Party line, has earned one of the most unlikely political victories in recent Rockland County history, sweeping town and county races in the Town of Clarkstown. Elected supervisor […]
FROM ACCUWEATHER.COM By Brian Lada, Meteorologist Stargazers may be in for a rare cosmic light show this week as the northern lights dance across the night sky. Tuesday night will bring another chance for people in Canada and the northern United States to see the northern lights as an influx of charges particles from the […]
PRESS RELEASE State and federal officials announced this week that the New York State Department of Transportation has been awarded a $10 million federal grant to help develop bus rapid transit service between Rockland and Westchester Counties. “Today is another major step forward in our efforts to improve transportation in the lower Hudson Valley,” said […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco and Woodbury Police Chief Richard Vasquez were the first to face off last Sunday in a room that exceeded its capacity. Fielding the first question about cuts in the corrections department, Falco said his administration cut $10 million, specifically for cost overruns in the county correctional facility. […]
A New Square resident who got a seven-year prison sentence for trying to burn down a house in April 2012 has been set free this week in front of a Rockland County judge. State Supreme Court Justice William Kelly made the decision Tuesday afternoon, at a resentencing hearing ordered by an Appeals Court. Upon reconsidering the case, Judge […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY SUFFERN – When New Yorkers go to vote for president next year, Sen. David Carlucci (D-38) wants you to check ‘yes’ on an $1 billion bond initiative to fund Alzheimer’s research in NYS. The first public forum, a roundtable of lawmakers and neuroscientist, announced the proposed legislation at Rockland Community College on […]