BY ROBERTKNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES By a narrow 3-2 vote the Orangetown Town Board has agreed to hire a private company to run its financially beleaguered Broadacres Golf Court for the next three years. Depending on the success of the public-private venture, the five-member council will then decide in the winter of 2016-17 […]
Funeral set for Richard Capper of Haverstraw BY BILL DEMAREST HAVERSTRAW – The Rockland County Medical Examiner’s Office has concluded that a Palisades Interstate Parks Commission worker, who was a longtime Haverstraw Ambulance Corps volunteer, died of natural causes. Laura Carbone, Rockland’s chief medical examiner said Richard Capper, 49, of Haverstraw, did not sustain any […]
Rockland SCORE, a mentorship program for small business owners and entrepreneurs, announced recently that it has opened a new location at the RCC Haverstraw Extension Center in downtown Haverstraw. It is SCORE’s fifth location in the county. “Rockland County SCORE is enthused to be a partner in the RCC Haverstraw Extension Center,” said Bob Janesak, […]
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 […]