BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Conservative Party’s September 26, 7:30 p.m. convention at the New City Town Hall continues to be marred by controversy, including claims of dishonesty, a lack of transparency and fraud, as well as persisting outrage over the scheduling of the event over Yom Kippur. The convention, which was closed to […]
BOCES Overcharging New York State Tax Payers According to an investigation by the Journal News and LoHud.com regional BOCES programs have overcharged New York school districts to the tune $473 million between 2007 and 2011. A recent report by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli uncovered that the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) regularly […]
The Rockland County Times publisher emeritus Armand Miele recently was a featured new author at a special reception held at the Palisades Center Mall’s Barnes and Nobles. Around 70 people in all showed up to hear from the authors, around 10 of them. After explaining what his book was to the audience and answering question […]
A new AM inbound train, #1618, will depart Spring Valley at 7:59 a.m. Monday through Friday, stopping at Nanuet at 8:05 a.m. and Pearl River at 8:10 a.m. and then going express to Secaucus, arriving at 8:44 a.m., and Hoboken at 8:56 a.m. Metro-North eliminated the first very early morning departure because of low ridership […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Lowdown on Monday’s Village of Haverstraw board meeting The trustees of the Village of Haverstraw met Monday night at the village hall for their regularly scheduled meeting to discuss and vote on several agenda items. The big item on the agenda was the plan by housing developer Ginsberg Development (GDC) to combine […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced last week that more than 16,000 New Yorkers have used the Department of Motor Vehicle’s (DMV) new online voter registration service. The initiative, announced August 16, streamlines DMV services by allowing New Yorkers to register to vote, or update their address or party enrollment, through a secure online site. Now, […]