NEW CITY – A discrepancy between two recorded deficit bond interest rates led to some minor panic among county legislators on Tuesday before it was understood the effect would be minimal. Nonetheless, the frustration became another bone of contention between the legislature and the new county executive. Initially, it was believed the county would receive […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES South Nyack residents turned on their own village officials and the planners of the new Tappan Zee Bridge with a vengeance last week, voicing fears that a pedestrian and bike path included on the new bridge could overwhelm the community’s quiet streets. Gathered for a community meeting […]
The School of Business at the State University of New York at New Paltz held its ethical debates competition in van den Berg Hall over a three-week period in March. Sophomore Brandon Finn, of Tomkins Cove, N.Y., is one of 26 students who participated in the competition and debated timely topics, including the Common Core, […]
The Town of Orangetown has won a 2013 Safe and Sustainable Snowfighting award from the Salt Institute for excellence in environmental consciousness and effective management in the storage of winter road salt. Clear winter roads protect lives and commerce. Every winter, more than 116,000 Americans are injured and over 1,300 killed as a result of […]
FROM GASBUDDY.COM GasBuddy this week released an updated version of its popular mobile app for iPhone and Android. The update allows drivers to find and report gas prices based on cash and credit in markets that commonly price gas differently for each payment method. “With credit card companies charging 2 to 3 percent of the […]
Basile’s incentive plan for emergency workers turns into Finn’s political giveaway BY CHERYL SLAVIN Tuesday night’s meeting of the Stony Point Town Board opened with Kathy Kivlehan, the Town’s Zoning Board Clerk, expressing the dismay and anger she said all the town workers felt at the Board’s decision to not discuss a resolution extending a […]