BY CHERYL SLAVIN A host of troubles appears to be dogging the Rockland Sewer District No. 1. Last October the district was ordered to pay almost a million dollars to the New Jersey village of Upper Saddle River for damages caused by sewage overflows on Saddle River Road. More recently the state Court of Appeals refused […]
CONGERS – Three Congers men were arrested late last week in connection to a string of arson incidents in the Congers area over the past several months, according to Clarkstown Police. The Clarkstown Detective Bureau identified Jesse Wickes, 33, Seth Levy, 30 and Kenneth Tagle, 39 as suspects in a string of about seven separate […]
Hi Tor Animal Shelter has received a $500,000 grant last week from the New York State Assembly to support the shelter’s Capital Campaign. Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski and Lizanne Fiorentino, president of Hi Tor’s Board of Trustees, announced the award at Furball, Hi Tor’s first gala fundraiser for the Capital Campaign. “I am very happy that […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Bicyclist Gene Jackson remembers watching the Tappan Zee Bridge being built in the early 1950s. “It was very different then, there wasn’t as much traffic,” the Spring Valley native said. “I thought the seminar was great and can’t wait to bicycle on the new bridge,” Jackson said after hearing about the bike […]
After two years the long wait is over for the premiere of “True Story,” a movie featuring a scene filmed at Sparky’s Diner in Garnerville. The film, starring James Franco and Jonah Hill, and co-produced by Brad Pitt, will hit theaters April 17. Franco plays Christian Longo in the movie, a man on the FBI’s […]
The work of fomer longtime director of the Rockland County Office of Community Development Joe Abate has come under the scrutiny of HUD inspectors, the Rockland County Times has learned. As director, Abate’s most important responsibility was disbursing over $2 million per year in grant money through the Community Block Grant program. When questioned about the […]