Approximately 1,500 people are expected to take part in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Mid-Hudson Valley Light The Night Walk on Sunday, October 20 beginning at 5 p.m. at Provident Bank Park in Pomona. Teams of co-workers, families and friends will walk together in twilight holding illuminated lanterns – white for survivors, red for supporters, […]
County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today unveiled commemorative plaques in honor of the 2011 and 2012 inductees to the Rockland County Civil Rights Hall of Fame. The 2011 honorees include: the late Bernard L. Charles and Eleanor “Ellie” Charles, the late William “Bill” Darden, the late Bernice C. Glass and the late Laurence H. Holland. […]
BY JEANINE RIPPA St. Paul School, Valley Cottage, held its Confirmation last Friday, October 11, 2013. Sr. Stepehn Gerard, O.P. is principal of the school. Most Reverend Dominick Lagonegro was the main celebrant for the mass.
Jobs, staffing, composting top Tuesday Agenda BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board was pleased with itself three weeks ago when it announced that it would keep its property tax increase to only 1.9 percent next year, meaning the town would just barely skirt New York State’s mandate to keep […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN There’s an old saying that fish and unwanted houseguests both start to stink after three days. Now there’s a new kind of unwanted guest arriving at our doors that can start to smell a whole lot sooner—the brown marmorated stink bug. First officially identified in Allentown, PA in 2001, this invasive species […]
O&R is scheduled to shift into “high” gear this week as helicopters are deployed to help high-voltage line technicians install new cable at the tops of 130-feet-tall electric transmission towers in Ramapo where a new $11-million electric transmission circuit is under construction. The circuit will run through the towns of Ramapo, Tuxedo, Warwick and Chester […]