Provident Sells Out; Ditches Local-Name and Goes National

Provident New York has agreed to purchase Sterling New York Bancorp and intends to adopt a national charter under the name Sterling National Bank, while remaining based out of its current Montebello offices. Since longtime CEO George Strayton retired in 2011 and due to changes in the structure of banking in the United States which […]

Rockland County Resident Named an Under30CEO Rookie of the Year

Rockland County Resident Named an Under30CEO Rookie of the Year

BY ERIN MAHER Andrew Arcangel, 23, of New City, Rockland County has been named an 30Under30CEO 2012 Rookie of the Year. Arcangel is founder and CEO of true athelite, a basketball sportswear brand. “It’s an amazing honor,” says Arcangel of being named an 30Under30CEO Rookie of the year, a recognition bestowed annually to the top […]

County Executive Vanderhoef Presents Community Development Block Grant Awards

County Executive Vanderhoef Presents Community Development Block Grant Awards

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Stony Point – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef presented a total of $2.67 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to various municipal and not-for-profit groups at an award ceremony held ironically in Stony Point, the town that traditionally receives the least amount of support from the Community Block Grant […]

COWARD!!

COWARD!!

The Rockland County Times has confirmed that Columbia University President Lee Bollinger has still not replied to a widely publicized letter from Rockland County PBA President Jim Kelly which asks him to reconsider the college’s decision to hire Brink’s terrorist Kathy Boudin. Many persons in the Rockland community have expressed outrage at the college’s choice […]