BY CHERYL SLAVIN The New York State Public Service Commission has opened an investigation into United Water’s accounting practices of the past 10 years, including the reasons for the recent termination of UWNY General Manager Michael Pointing and two other high level employees. According to official PSC documents their investigation was initially prompted by the […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – On all important items, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli cleared Rockland County’s draft budget for the 2015 fiscal year, offering only minor suggestions in the area of anticipated revenues. According to a report issued last Wednesday, the major revenues and expenditures outlined in the $772 million budget proposal […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Posing a dramatic challenge to the beleaguered East Ramapo School Board, the New York State fiscal monitor appointed to examine the school district issued a report on Monday, which criticizes the school district for neglecting public school students and suggests additional state oversight. In his 61-page report submitted to the New York […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – After years of speculation and discussion, Hi-Tor Animal Shelter appears ready to move forward with a long-awaited relocation. Hi-Tor representatives met with members of the County Legislature’s Budget & Finance Committee on November 12 to discuss their steps to move forward with the construction of a new shelter to […]
Judge rules Stony Point engineer has standing to pursue appeal before ZBA; town board huffs BY CHERYL SLAVIN A neighborly dispute concerning whether a line of evergreens and foliage at the corner of Sullivan Drive and Central Highway in Stony Point constitutes a public hazard will continue now that State Supreme Court Judge Victor Alfieri […]
Last Friday marked official kickoff of The Salvation Army’s Holiday Red Kettle Drive at the Palisades Center. The Salvation Army has red kettles in 18 locations throughout Rockland through Dec. 24. Money collected in the red kettles goes to help needy people in Rockland County. The band members will be playing at the […]