Chanukah car parade tradition continues; Streets will be jammed with cars on Sunday, December 9 About 70 “menorah-mobiles” – cars with menorahs mounted on top -will parade throughout Rockland County on Sunday, December 9, the second night of Chanukah. The festivities will begin at a Monsey synagogue at 5 p.m. with a crafts program for children, […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced last week, that a large biopharmaceutical company will be investing millions of dollars with the aim of creating a manufacturing and development center at Pfizer’s large campus in Pearl River. The company, Protein Sciences Corp. will manufacture Flublok, an influenza vaccine currently under final review by the U.S. Food and […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Negotiations with GenOn over the future tax rate of the Bowline Point Power Plant property are hopefully nearing a conclusion, according to Haverstraw Town Supervisor Howard Philips. The comments came during Monday night’s regular board meeting. Philips said that the negations were ongoing, but that he and the board were not at […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA County Budget & Finance Committee Approves 2013 Budget, Legislature to vote on it tonight New City – The County Legislature’s Budget & Finance Committee met on December 2 to approve the final version of the proposed 2013 budget, offering a look at what is to come should the legislature approve the proposal […]
FEMA Press Release New York State and federal officials remind those affected by Hurricane Sandy that they have less than 30 days to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for possible federal disaster assistance. Applications must be received by Monday, Dec. 31, to be considered for disaster assistance from FEMA and the U.S. […]
Despite election results seemingly tilting NY Senate to liberal control, Carlucci’s coalition of “Democrats” may defect to align with GOP leadership BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Will he or won’t he? All eyes are on State Senator David Carlucci and his political boss Jeff Klein of the Independent Democrat Conference. Even though the Democrats have won the […]