Legislators Back Funding To Pay Local Teens PRESS RELEASE – The Rockland County Legislature has acted to ensure that more than 50 youth participating in a county jobs program continue to earn their modest paychecks through the end of the year. “These jobs are important for our youth, allowing them to earn a paycheck and […]
BY LEGISLATOR PHIL SOSKIN (D-MONSEY) I am always awed by the people I meet and stories I hear each year at the various Veteran’s Day celebrations I attend throughout Rockland. As a veteran myself, Veteran’s Day has always had a profoundly personal meaning to me, and that is why I have always championed veteran causes […]
BY DYLAN BESTLER SPARKILL, NY- The 2016 presidential election has St. Thomas Aquinas College [STAC] students flummoxed. This is the first president election most STAC undergraduate students are allowed to vote in and the consensus of those polled by the Rockland County Times is that Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton both leave much to be desired. After […]
Rockland County Republican and Democrats will be gathering at local hotels to watch election results come in this evening. Democratic Party officials and voters will be gathering at the Hilton Doubletree beginning at 9 p.m. The Election Day shindig for Rockland County Republicans will take place at the Pearl River Hilton beginning at 8 p.m. A party […]
TAPPAN – Grassroots Trump activist Elisa Leone has organized a Rockland/Bergen County voter rally for Donald Trump for the second consecutive weekend. A rally at Rhode’s North Tavern in Sloatsburg last week attracted a throng of about 500 people, with 100 or so riding in on motorcycles. This week it’s Giulios Restaurant in Tappan hosting Trump enthusiasts […]
Reclaim New York offered the following statement on the Governor’s announcement of $14.7 million in tax breaks and Upstate Revitalization Initiative grants for American Packaging Corporation Wednesday: “More than 280 businesses in New York have warned the state they’re downsizing, moving, or leaving all together this year. Using millions in economic development funny money to […]