FROM STATE COMPTROLLER The state Department of Transportation (DOT) improperly paid nearly $321,000 to eight employees working on the Tappan Zee Bridge project for their commute to work in Tarrytown, even after an internal audit identified it as inappropriate, according to an audit released this week by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. As a result […]
Hillcrest Elementary back on sale after nullification of prior deal The East Ramapo Central School District is now tasked with striking a new deal to sell Hillcrest Elementary School, which it placed on the market after the school’s controversial 2010 closure. The new effort is a response to a recent state court ruling upholding the cancellation […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services released a list of resiliency grant projects on February 6 which are set for final review and approval by FEMA, and Clarkstown’s Klein Avenue Levee is among the chosen projects. Clarkstown will receive $3.46 million in grant money from FEMA’s Hazard […]
LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE New City, NY (February 18, 2014) – Rockland County Legislature Chairman Alden H. Wolfe has asked NYS Senator David Carlucci to support moving state and local primary elections to June of each year, a move that would consolidate state, local and federal primaries to one date. Presently, primaries for federal offices are […]
The historic Lafayette Theater will hold a Gala 90th Anniversary Celebration on March 2, 2014 at 2 p.m., featuring: Twenty-five cents admission to the theater, the same as it was in 1924, for the screening of the 75th Anniversary Edition of “The Wizard Of Oz” in 3-D, a live performance of Abbott & Costello’s classic […]
A 3-year-old male Terrier mix found as a stray in Ramapo, Comet is a medium-sized, attractive dog who is half white and half taffy-colored. A friendly dog, he has high energy; he could even be called vigorous. He needs an owner with medium experience, who will be willing to train him to be the amazing […]