BY MARIA BROWNSELL “We need to retire more debt than we acquire,” said Councilman Frank Borelli at Clarkstown’s Town Board Workshop meeting on Tuesday. This year’s debt is increasing by $3 million; with $14 million being borrowed and only $11 million being retired. A review of the five-year Capital Plan was discussed during the meeting. […]
SUBMITTED BY JEANINE RIPPA Sunday, July 20, 2014, Rockland County’s 41st Annual Feis & Fields Games were held in German Masonic Park, Tappan, NY. For the 10th consecutive year, Monsignor Edward J. Weber, Director of Priest Personnel for the Archdiocese of New York, was the celebrant for the mass. This is the second year that […]
The Rockland County Fire Chiefs” Association made its annual scholarship presentations Thursday July 17, at the Tallman firehouse during the monthly RC Fire Chiefs’ Assn. meeting. The awards were presented by scholarship chairman and chaplin Richard Silverberg and and RCFCA president Harold Straut. There were three winners: Zachary Borden, Marissa Martuscelli, and Gabriella Capello. Each […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced that New Yorkers can, for the first time ever, buy tickets online to attend the Great New York State Fair. The Fair, which is themed “Summer’s Best in Show” and runs from August 21 to September 1, has debuted a new online purchasing page on its website that offers […]
BY BILL DEMAREST SUFFERN – A classic Corvette confiscated by police and used in the D.A.R.E. anti-drug education program continues to prove to be a real winner. Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborne said the hot rod won the “Best Paint Job” at the Suffern Fire Department third annual Car & Truck Show on Sunday. The […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA SUFFERN – As part of the ongoing effort to prepare Suffern for future weather emergencies, representatives with NY Rising’s Community Rising program hosted a public information and input session on July 22, offering many options for the village’s $3 million in grant funds but few which residents say match the urgency of […]