Supervisor Geoff Finn Presides over his First Board Meeting

Supervisor Geoff Finn Presides over his First Board Meeting

Finn tells RCT that the board will listen to public’s concerns before deciding to allow a Quick Chek gas station to move into town BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM The Stony Point board meeting on Tuesday was the first meeting for the Supervisor Geoffrey Finn, as well as a newly board-appointed member who has replaced the […]

A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION WISH

Editor, As a North Rockland resident, this past year I have seen my school property taxes increase nearly 8 percent, my town taxes increase 2.9 percent and my county property taxes will increase by more than 30 percent, in addition to several other county taxes that add up to the equivalent of another 30 percent. […]

North Rockland Decides 2012-2013 Attendance Zones

North Rockland Decides 2012-2013 Attendance Zones

BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM Tuesday nightโ€™s North Rockland School Board meeting started off with the usual transformation plan update at 6:30 p.m. before it moved onto the general meeting at 7:30 p.m. The transformation meeting was rather short due to some issues that were still being figured out, surprising many parents. The board produced a […]

BRUNTFIELDS TERMINATED

Stony Point townies will no longer be gainfully employed by the taxpayers Charles and James Bruntfield were officially terminated from their jobs as irrigation technicians and groundskeepers at the Stony Point town golf course at a special meeting of the town board on Tuesday morning. The vote was unanimous 5-0, retroactive to their suspension October […]

Quick Chek Coming to Stony Point?

Quick Chek Coming to Stony Point?

BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM Las Margaritas (formally Fiesta Cancun) may become a Quick Chek convenience store and gas station sooner rather than later. At this week’s Stony Point board meeting a Quick Chek representative, Jeff Albanese, presented the current plan that the company has drawn up, in the event Quick Chek officially acquires the property. […]

North Rockland Transformation Meeting Brings Out Different Opinions

North Rockland Transformation Meeting Brings Out Different Opinions

BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM At Tuesdayโ€™s monthly update on “NRCSD Transforming Our Future” Superintendent Ileana Eckert presented “โ€™Plan Bโ€™ Attendance Lines and cost-containment.โ€ Plan B differs from Plan A in several ways. Plan A took current middle school lines and simply dropped them down into the elementary school level. Plan B used the same transportation […]