The Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley is celebrating its 100th anniversary onSunday, April 23 by re-creating the day it was first opened. There will be a ribbon-cutting with decorations, music (performed by the Spring Valley Marching band along with other guitarists and drummers), refreshments and Boy and Girl Scouts presenting the American Flag. The […]
BY JOHN KRYGER Five volunteer firefighters were honored Saturday, April 15, at the Rockland County Fire Chief’s Association’s Old-Timers Awards Night and dinner held at Krucker’s Catering and Picnic Grove in Pomona. More than 250 current and former Rockland fire chiefs, along with County Executive Ed Day, gathered to honor their own at the annual […]
PRESS RELEASE– Rockland County has saved nearly $7 million in Medicaid expenses by rooting out fraud, County Executive Ed Day has announced. “Medicaid costs make up 55 percent of our county budget,” the County Executive said. “We owe it to the taxpayers to do all we can to make sure this program is being used […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Rate-payers might be in for a costly surprise if United Water New York is allowed to increase rates in anticipation of their proposed desalination project, according to an attorney retained by the Town of Ramapo and a collection of other municipal bodies who spoke to the Rockland County Legislature’s […]
The Rockland County Health Department held a media session at the Yeager Health Center, Building ‘A’ lobby 6:30 p.m. Friday and warned Rocklanders of an exposure of measles at the Palisades Center Mall between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday, February 2. Officials said that any person who had been in the […]
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the region from noon Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday, including all of Rockland County. The National Weather Service predicts 5 – 10″ of snow (updated prediction 5 a.m. Tuesday), beginning late morning/around noon, with the heaviest snow falling between the evening commute and midnight. The snow should […]