Taxes stabilize, some services & libraries cut BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Despite a last minute plea by four South Orangetown Public Libraries and one town department head for a restoration of slashed funding for next year, the Orangetown Town Board unanimously approved a 2015 budget of $67 million Tuesday evening. The town passed […]
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BY JANIE ROSMAN While the Environmental Protection Agency slashed Clean Water Revolving State Fund loans for the bridge replacement project — a decision Governor Cuomo recently appealed — last month, it allowed $29.1 million for five projects. One of these is reducing invasive species in the Piermont Marsh, whose 1,017 acres is more than one-quarter (about 275 acres) covered […]
BY ALEXANDRA KEZEK Rockland native Chris Krasniqi and partners Neil Blutig and Mike Gjiel recently opened Karma-Restaurant, Bar, and Lounge, located on 100 Main Street in downtown Nyack. The Rockland County Times visited Karma last week for a bite to eat and a look around. The restaurant has a family oriented feel to it and […]
The busy holiday season also unfortunately is the season of increased activity by scammers. As a result, O&R this week renewed its warning about scammers trying to steal customers’ money by posing as utility company employees. The most widespread scam is the Green Dot/ Money Pak phony-bill payment scheme. This scam is set up by […]