BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown residents came out in droves Tuesday evening to express their fears and frustrations about highway safety, particularly in Pearl River and Sparkill where recent accidents and even deaths have occurred on unprotected town, county and state roadways. Town officials, from Council members to department heads, appeared mostly […]
The AHA TriCounty Heart Walk event is set for Sunday, May 4th at Lake Welch Beach at Harriman State Park. The Heart Walk is the AHA’s biggest annual event, raising more than $340,000 for AHA programs and research at last year’s event. This year, the AHA supported over 127 research studies in New York State […]
From Gasbuddy.com Average retail gasoline prices in New York have risen 5.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.83/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 gas outlets in New York. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.62/g, according to […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA PIERMONT – Seventy-odd years after thousands of American soldiers boarded ships bound for WWII-ravaged Europe at Piermont, five were joined at the Piermont Pier by Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan on April 22 to honor their service to the United States. Prior to an “Honor […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY BJ GRECO On Tuesday, April 22, under less than cooperative skies, over 150 family members, members of the community, first responders, students, and staff, gathered on the Piermont Pier to participate in a memorial service for TZHS ’09 alum, Melissa Demataris who last October lost a valiantly fought four year battle […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM NYAG Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced recently that his office has secured a settlement with Bed Bath & Beyond, a national retailer with 62 stores in New York, to ensure that applicants for employment are not automatically disqualified based on criminal convictions and without the individualized consideration that is required by […]