CSEA: Delhomme misinterpreted labor law to call off snowplows Representatives with the Civil Service Employees’ Association (CSEA) have contested Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme’s recent claim that he was legally required to provide a lengthy break for snowplow drivers during the most recent winter storm. In response to public criticism of the decision to pull plows […]
PRESS RELEASE O&R is reminding customers that they can spread their energy costs out over 12 months to ease the impact of gas and electric supply prices, which shot higher in January due to the extreme cold weather. The company also urges customers to take simple energy-saving steps to reduce their bills while staying comfortable. […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Several Orangetown homeowners learned Tuesday that their properties have been removed from the town’s official floodplain map, saving them an average of $5,000 annually in their insurance rates. The amendment to the town’s official 1982 floodplain map was approved unanimously by the five-member Town BoardTuesday evening, acting on the recommendation […]
The Jewish Home Family is offering an innovative internship program in conjunction with Long Island University (LIU) Rockland campus in Orangeburg, N.Y. Charlene Vannucci, Jewish Home Family’s Director of Volunteer Services, is the creator and coordinator of the program. “This internship program is the very first of its kind,” she said. “The interns get a […]
A two-year old Terrier mix, Bella has a tan coat, a white chest and totally gentle, light brown eyes that look adoringly at anyone near her. She has a wrinkled brow that makes her appear worried. Looks are deceiving because she is a happy girl. Abandoned in Bear Mountain State Park, she roamed around the […]
Separate audits of Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) found they failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), allowing abuses such as allowing some conductors to charge overtime for tasks such as washing up for work, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli […]