At the January 14 Stony Point Town Board meeting, the board hired Robert Bertrand as a new police officer, the first of at least two and possibly three new hires. Bertrand is the son of a current town officer. Two officers who had been on disability were retired from the force in 2013, and the […]
The Palisades Farmers Market, Rockland’s first indoor winter farmers’ market, opened its doors for its sixth year on Saturday, January 18. Although it was a very unexpected snowy day, it didn’t dissuade the farmers and vendors from bringing their produce and prepared foods to the community. Housed in a schoolhouse built in 1870, every Saturday, […]
Nyack Landmark Koblin’s Pharmacy Changes Hands By CJ MILLER Originally published by Nyack Free Press NYACK – Nyack mainstay Koblin’s Pharmacy has changed hands, but the new owner says it will remain a neighborhood landmark dedicated to serving its customers. New Jersey resident Jeffrey Rucker, 40, is Koblin’s new pharmacist. He took the business over […]
Between four and to 10″ of snow fell down on Rockland County Tuesday, depending what town you measured in. Beginning late Tuesday morning and lasting about 12 hours, the storm packed a strong wallop, enhanced by some of the lowest temperatures of the year. New York City, Long Island and mid-Jersey saw the worst of […]
UPDATED BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Novartis Pharmaceuticals has notified local officials that they will be closing their Suffern plant over the course of the next three years, County Executive Ed Day confirmed with the Rockland County Times. Employees of the company received the news during their 2 o’clock shift, Day said. The company will attempt to […]
“The VA is just IRS spelled differently” BY JERRY DONNELLAN Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County Since I came to be director of Rockland County Veterans Service Agency in 1992, the veteran population has dropped in half and it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The basic reason for this […]