By Rockland County Executive Ed Day By now, most of you know the transaction to sell Summit Park Hospital & Nursing Care Center in Pomona was scrapped by the prospective buyer, Sympaticare, LLC. The company chose to walk away after publicly stating that it fully intended to continue providing quality health care services […]
NEW CITY – Clarkstown’s tentative 2016 town budget will remain under the state tax cap for the second year in a row, according to Clarkstown Supervisor Alexander Gromack. What’s more, it will accomplish this by not raising town taxes at all. The $143,783,445 budget, if approved, will keep tax increases unchanged and below the state’s […]
STONY POINT, NY…September 29, 2015 – Stony Point Councilman Tom Basile released the following statement today in response to this afternoon’s press conference by Supervisors Phillips and Gromack with regard to the proposed New Planet Energy facility in Stony Point. The proposed state-of-the-art renewable energy plant, to be located within Stony Point’s industrial zone, is […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – An annual report issued by the office of State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Wednesday carried good news for the county, which improved its score almost 20 percent from 2013 to 2014. The test employs a percentage system as a metric for stress, with 100 percent representing the highest level of fiscal […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day While we’ve enjoyed beautiful weather recently, we must not forget it’s the heart of the 2015 hurricane season. The names Sandy, Irene, Floyd and Gloria serve to remind us that our lives – and properties – can change quickly this time of year. Whether pummeled by a tropical […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Clarkstown residents, particularly those living in the Congers and Valley Cottage areas, will get a chance to meet their candidates for this fall’s town election tonight, (Thursday, Sept. 24) along with answers to questions they may have about the two ballot propositions they will see on November’s […]