In advance of the local elections, the Rockland County Times sent out a series of questions to both incumbents and challengers, asking them to share their responses with our readers. Incumbents and challengers received slightly different questions regarding their campaign to best highlight their work. The profiles have been very lightly edited (grammar, spelling, length). […]
Earlier this month, the Rockland County League of Women Voters ran a candidate’s forum for the mayoral race in Piermont. The Rockland County Times received copies of the forum where the two faced off. Nate Mitchell and Kevin Timoney were both on hand for the event and reviewing the forum there are clear differences in […]
NYS Senator Pete Harckham has announced that an additional $1 million in financial aid from the Senate is being appropriated for the North Rockland Central School District (NRCSD) in the FY2025-2026 State Budget. The funding, the third time the State Senate has come through for the North Rockland schools, will be combined with the school […]
Harckham and Eachus speak on withheld transit funding “President Trump’s withholding of the needed $18 billion for vital New York transit projects will kill 95,000 jobs, cost businesses more than $87 million and rob the regional economy at least $19.6 billion,” New York State Senator Pete Harckham said. “The move will also deprive Rockland County […]
Every community needs a roadmap — a vision that guides where we’re going and how we want to get there. For Rockland County, that roadmap is our Comprehensive Plan, and right now, we’re in the process of updating it through an initiative called Envision Rockland. This plan will serve as a blueprint for how our […]
New York families already face some of the steepest health care costs in the nation, with premiums and deductibles eating up bigger chunks of household budgets every year. New York’s Department of Financial Services has warned that Obamacare premiums are climbing in 2026. While insurers initially sought a 13.5% increase, state officials approved a 7.1% […]