Lowdown on February 28 Stony Point Town Board Meeting

BY MICHAEL CAHILL The Stony Point Town Board met Tuesday night at the RHO Community Center Building to discuss town affairs and recognize the local charity work of the Stony Point Seals. The meeting opened with comments and input from residents. This week several residents sought to air grievances and bring attention to certain issues. […]

Vanderhoef Administration Says Pursuit of MTA Withdrawal is Likely

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF At a meeting of the Rockland County Legislature’s Economic Development Committee on Wednesday, Rockland Commissioner of Planning and Public Transportation Thomas B. Vanderbeek said a study by Cambridge Systematics on the MTA Value Gap in Rockland County, shows that the county should seek to cooperate with neighboring Orange County in withdrawing from […]

PROMINENT FIGURES TO ADDRESS MAHWAH TEA PARTY NEXT WEEK

Patriots from the Mahwah Tea Party have invited a pair of nationally known speakers to their Tues; March 6, 7 p.m. meeting at the Ramapo Reform Church, 100 Island Rd, Mahwah, NJ. Steve Lonegan, former mayor of Bogota, New Jersey, two-time N.J. gubernatorial candidate and director of the New Jersey chapter of Americans for Prosperity, […]

PRO-LIFE VIGIL TO TAKE PLACE THIS LENT

PRO-LIFE VIGIL TO TAKE PLACE THIS LENT

From Ash Wednesday, February 22, until Palm Sunday, April 1, pro-life activists will be holding vigil outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Spring Valley and at the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel at St. Gregory Barbarigo Church in Garnerville. The hours of vigil are daily from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on public property and from […]

Business Leaders and Town Officials Push Pension Reform

Business Leaders and Town Officials Push Pension Reform

Issue cuts across partisan boundaries Rockland County Times A bipartisan group including Orange County Chamber President John D’Ambrosio, Haverstraw Town Supervisor Howard Phillips, Business Council President Heather Briccetti, and RBA President Al Samuels said in a unified voice that the costs of pensions, are “unsustainable.” Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence also supported the message, although […]

Orangetown Seeks to Build More Ball fields

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES While the Town of Orangetown wrestles over how to make its two public golf courses profitable the Town Board decided last week to proceed with another recreational project – creating new soccer and other athletic fields on a portion of the vacant former Rockland Psychiatric Center campus […]