BY MICHAEL RICONDA Residents of Stony Point flocked to a special public presentation on the Champlain-Hudson Power Express energy transmission line on June 18 to ask questions and provide commentary, packing the Town Board’s meeting room and the adjacent hallway in a large show of community opposition to the highly-controversial project. The project, which has […]
Heather Barr of Sloatsburg, recent SUNY New Paltz graduate
On the evening of June 6, 2013, at the Nyack Seaport, the Italian American Scholarship Association celebrated their 35th Anniversary. That evening the association presented seven $1,500 awards, in addition to one Pinnacle Award of $4,000, for a total of $14,500. Over three decades this association has financially assisted hundreds of Rockland County students entering […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown’s Volunteer Emergency Services Coalition detailed their plans Tuesday for upgrading eight homes the group controls and leases to local fire, ambulance and police volunteers and their families. The plea came at a workshop meeting of the Orangetown Town Board, at which the council had sought an […]
BY KATHY KAHN Special to The Rockland Times Will “tax free” be the answer to the state’s nagging problem of re-booting upstate’s sagging economy? Since rolling out “Tax Free New York” in May, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and key staff members have been touring the state promoting the initiative. The goal of the ambitious program is […]
Stephanie Courtney in a NRHS 1987 production of “California Suite,” directed by Mike Roth. Left to right is John Tigh, Kim Freundel, Stephanie Courtney and David Cercone