DiNapoli: Forensic Audit of MTA Reveals Systemic Overtime Abuse at Metro-North Railroad Unit Supervisors and workers at a Signal Construction Unit at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Metro-North Hudson and Harlem Line have manipulated the payroll system by abusing overtime rules that inflate their salaries and pensions according to a forensic audit of overtime practices […]
Over the past week a large Black Bear has been sighted in the Monsey/Wesley Hills areas of the Town. Town and Police officials advise residents to do the following: 1) If you see the Bear and/or if it comes onto your property call the Ramapo Police Department (357-2400) or Ramapo Animal Control Officer (Cathy […]
Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack and Highway Superintendent Wayne Ballard announced this week that the Town of Clarkstown has commenced the yard waste loose leaf pick up program. As a result of the storm, the normal restrictions for yard waste of being tied and bundled are NO longer in effect. Efforts to separate the brush from […]
On December 10, 2011, the Piermont Historical Society will offer a program that will address a certain mystery in local architectural history. In “Italianate Residential Architecture in Rockland’s River Towns” -or- “Why & Where a Style Born in the Sunny Italian Countryside is Found in Rockland County,” Rockland architect Robert Silarski AIA will shed light […]
Less pain, less blood loss, less infections, and less scarring BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM Children from local schools descended on Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern for the results to a naming contest for the new da Vinci Si- Surgical System, a revolutionary robot that dramatically reduces risks associated with traditional surgery techniques. Excited children were […]
U.S. Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, M.D., (NY-19) is hosting a jobs fair for job seekers in the Hudson Valley next Monday, November 14, 2011 at the Fishkill Recreation Center in Fishkill, New York. The jobs fair is free and the public is encouraged to attend. Scheduled to attend Hayworth’s jobs fair are Hudson Valley employers seeking […]