COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County announced this week that families with low incomes can apply for heating assistance this winter through New York’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) starting on Monday, November 16, 2015. HEAP, which is overseen by the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), is a federally-funded program that provides […]
PRESS RELEASE The Village of Nyack will reclaim its oldest Dutch sandstone house from a bank following a complicated negotiation led by the newly-formed non-profit group, the John Green Preservation Coalition. The 1817 house at the foot of Main Street has been donated by Wells Fargo to the coalition, which plans to restore it, and […]
Join the hundreds of volunteers who will be cleaning up littered sites from September-November throughout Rockland County. Keep Rockland Beautiful’s fall campaign focuses on cleaning up and raising awareness about the protection of our waterways. The Fall Waterways campaign is made possible with support from Lowe’s and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. Did you know […]
Story and photos by BJ Greco Under a warm September sun the 2015-16 school year got off to a great start at the South Orangetown Central School District. Students entered the buildings greeted by Principals, teachers, glistening floors and sparkling classrooms with each of the buildings boasting new updates and improvements. Students at the William […]
PRESS RELEASE Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lee Ross (Taken August 25) Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC (TZC) continued installing structural steel girders for the New NY Bridge project this week. Smaller girder sections were lifted into place by cranes from the Rockland trestle near the South Nyack shoreline. Local ironworkers then bolted together the steel blue […]
Senator David Carlucci (D – Rockland Westchester) was joined by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Congresswoman Nita Lowey and numerous elected officials for his Fourth Annual Senior Fair recently. Hundreds of seniors and vendors participated in the event, which was held at the Rockland Community College Eugene Levy House. During the fair, Cablevision’s popular program ‘Meet the Leaders’ […]