TIMELINES 5/1/14

Hudson Valley boat crash case to resume next week Following an adjournment last week, the manslaughter case of Jojo John, the man at the helm of a fatal boat crash which killed a bride-to-be and her groom’s best man on July 26, is set to resume next week. The ongoing pretrial hearings had occurred until […]

FIGHTING THE FORMULA

The East Ramapo School Board and its allies have launched a campaign to challenge the formula for state aid as it effects East Ramapo District. They claim the district receives less funds than it should and is categorized as “affluent” even though it is lower income. The district has 9,000 public school students and 22,000 private school students. The board […]

ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES CONTEST

ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES CONTEST

Send a creative “selfie” featuring you holding the Rockland County Times to editor@rocklandcountytimes.com. First three entries get a six month home subscription for free! The best selfie/RCT shot will win a free month of kickboxing at Tiger Schulmann’s MMA in Nanuet, free lunch from Tre Amici, Nanuet and a one-year home subscription to Rockland County Times. Our […]

Free CarFit Event Helps Older Drivers

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 […]

THE PHRAGMITE DILEMMA: Piermont Marsh Activists and the DEC Confront

THE PHRAGMITE DILEMMA: Piermont Marsh Activists and the DEC Confront

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 […]