BY KATHY KAHN Special to the Rockland County Times With the cost of community college “chargebacks” becoming increasingly unsustainable for New York’s 62 counties, many are now passing those costs down to local cities and towns. New York Community College Trustees’ forum, “Operating Chargebacks: A Critical Component in the Funding Partnership for New York’s Community […]
CSX will be performing an upgrade to the rail road crossing located on Kings Highway in Valley Cottage on Thursday, February 7, 2013 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., weather permitting. This will result in Kings Highway in Valley Cottage being closed in both directions, at the rail road crossing. Detour signs will be clearly […]
–PRESS RELEASE– Supervisor Alex Gromack and Chief of Police Michael Sullivan have announced a youth sponsored underage drinking initiative called “Only 2 Will Do.” The “Only 2 Will Do” program is intended to create awareness, legal compliance and partnership with local licensed retailers of alcoholic beverages to require 2 forms of ID in the sale […]
FROM THE DA’S OFFICE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe on Wedesday announced the filing of criminal charges against 28 individuals on drug and other charges following a four-month undercover investigation targeting narcotics trafficking activities in the community. The defendants – who range in age from 24 to 53 – are charged with selling […]
PRESS RELEASE The Clarkstown, NY GOP Committee Chair, Robert A. Axelrod, announced the start of a new campaign to utilize the talents, resources and efforts of our 200+ committee members to help make our community a better place. The campaign, which will be called “We Care About Clarkstown”, will identify opportunities to lend our support […]
A Rockland County Times EXCLUSIVE — See letter from executive committee at bottom of article BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Since becoming a state senator, David Carlucci has made some surprising moves in Albany. In a business in which “you gotta serve somebody,” Carlucci has chosen New York City Senator Jeff Klein as his boss. Klein is […]