PRESS RELEASE County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef has announced that the Department of Public Transportation recently retrofitted one of its bus shelters with solar panels and a light box designed to provide cost-efficient and reliable power, increased safety and improved delivery of customer information for its Transport of Rockland (TOR) and TAPPAN ZEExpress (TZx) bus […]
Chabad’s annual Public Menorah Lighting, will be highlighted this year with the lighting of a Nine foot Menorah carved out of a 500 lb. block of ice by sculptor Kim Phuong. The Chanukah event will be held on Monday, December 10, at 6 p.m. (Sculpting will begin at 4:30 p.m.) in the Suffern Gazebo/Community Center, located at the […]
Dear Editor, There has been a lot of hand wringing and finger pointing in the Republican Party after our disappointing election results. Countering that trend, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Rockland Republican County Chair Vinny Reda for his support for my campaign for Congress. Chairman Reda delivered on everything he promised […]
BY PAMELA STERN Empire City Casino is now hosting “Lucky Break,” a karaoke contest where the winner will receive $25,000 cash, a trip for two, and a meeting with multiple record label executives. Lucky Break is taped live at Empire City Casino on Tuesdays through December 18 and shown on WLNY on Sundays at 12 noon. The contest is […]
Community View While some have taken issue with the Rockland Business (RBA) Association initiative of partnering with Pattern for Progress in an effort to quantify the path Rockland government has taken to the financial crisis we are in today, no one can quarrel with the results. Your editorial correctly calls this a “must-read for county […]
Dear Editor, With the county $100 million in debt we no longer have the luxury to decide to cut the budget or not. We must cut the budget and eliminate the duplication of services with in our county. From my personal observations Rockland County is well policed and of course that’s a good thing. We […]