BY CAROL MCILMURRAY The Ramapo Town Board will consider a proposed law to give a 5-year tax exemption for first-time buyers of newly constructed homes on August 27 at 7 p.m. The new law, if adopted, would give first-time homebuyers, whose spouse didn’t purchase a home within the past three years, a 5-year tax exemption […]
The Wayne Hose Co. 1 of Stony Point will host the 100th annual convention of the Rockland County Volunteer Firemen’s Association at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7 at Kirkbride Hall, Willow Grove and Letchworth Village roads, Stony Point. Wayne Hose is celebrating its 118th anniversary of service to the community by hosting the convention and […]
Donations of equipment being sought BY GEORGE J. DACRE The new Stony Point Ambulance Corps headquarters is on schedule for a Labor Day ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony, corps leaders tell the Rockland County Times. Chelle Cordero Engelman, vice president of the Stony Point Ambulance Corps, said the estimated total cost of the new three-story structure […]
The new Tappan Zee Bridge will have an exclusive bus lane during rush hour. This is the first step towards bringing mass transit to the bridge, according to the New York State Thruway Authority spokesperson Andrew O’Rourke. The lanes will operate as bus lanes during the morning and evening rush hour periods. These lanes will […]