A CarFit event, which offers older adults the opportunity to check how well their personal vehicles “fit” them, will take place at Helen Hayes Hospital on Saturday May 17, 2014 from 9 a.m. to noon. CarFit is a nationwide educational program created by the American Society on Aging and developed in collaboration with AAA (American […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN A packed Village Hall greeted Betsy Blair of the DEC and Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Ed McGowan of the NYS Parks-PIPC last week when residents confronted them about the state’s plans for environmental remediation projects in the Piermont Marsh. During the two-and-one half hour meeting, they described how the […]
Part Four in our series BY CHERYL SLAVIN The New York State deregulation of the energy market, leading directly as it did to the two huge tax certiorari lawsuits brought by successive power plant owners, had as powerful and lasting an impact on the political landscape of North Rockland as it did on the economic. […]
Roof-top system among top 10 in New York State BY BILL DEMAREST ORANGEBURG — The largest rooftop solar array in Rockland County was unveiled Monday during ceremonies at the home of Nice-Pak Products and its sister company, Professional Disposables International, the world’s leading producers of pre-moistened wipes. The 855-kilowatt array is among the 10 largest rooftop solar […]
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 […]