First of its kind in Rockland County BY CHERYL SLAVIN About 100 medical staff, hospital executives and members of the public gathered last Thursday to celebrate the completion of Good Samaritan Hospital’s new Ambulatory Surgery Center, the latest in a series of upgrades for the medical facility. The first wholly separate ambulatory center to open […]
Start up or start over? Assemblyman trounces Cuomo’s “tax free” plan BY KATHY KAHN Start-Up New York–the economic program the Legislature passed it into law (S5903-2013) before it left for summer break–has Assemblyman Kieran Lalor raising a ruckus over its cost. Gov. Andrew Cuomo had been touring the state with the message that it would […]
It’s what Rockland has been waiting for, great new stores without the hassle of the Palisades Center Mall. Simon Group has announced over 80 percent of the stores that will take residence at the new Shops at Nanuet, located at the site of the old Nanuet Mall, due to open this fall. Here is what […]
On Saturday, July 27, the Dexter Park neighborhood in Chestnut Ridge gathered for a seventh annual picnic in Children’s Park. This picnic was previously held in a Ross Avenue family’s home, and was only attended by families on Ross, but this year the residents of several surrounding streets were invited. “We would really like to […]
BY LEGAL LARRY This past Monday, hundreds of residents crammed Clarkstown Town Hall to attend the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. The Zoning Board of Appeals Agenda contained four new items. Many residents were concerned with only one; an application submitted by Ramah Day Camp seeking to change its approved use of a seasonal day […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – Amid a chorus of disapprovals from both elected officials and frustrated residents, the Suffern branches of Avon Cosmetics and Novartis Pharmaceuticals stand out as two groups with the political and economic clout to prevent any building near the former Tilcon Quarry site. Tilcon gifted the quarry to the Town of […]