ALBANY – Job growth in the Ulster County metropolitan area for the year ending in March grew by almost three percent, the highest of any county in the region. The State Labor Department Thursday said that 2.9 percent growth is contrasted by the continued weak showing of Sullivan County, which lost 1.1 percent of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland Water Coalition hosted an occasionally heated debate between candidates for county executive on the evening of April 18, covering issues ranging from United Water’s proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw to the continued issues surrounding Indian Point. The debate had five participants: Suffern mayor Dagan LaCorte, County Legislator Ilan Schoenberger, former […]
Re: The Truth About the County’s Capital Project Budget for Parks Dear Mr. Potanavic, Thank you for inviting me and my fellow candidates to last night’s debate, and for giving us the opportunity to present our views to an involved public who cares so much about the environmental issues that affect all of us. It […]
BLAUVELT – Varsity athletes from St. Thomas Aquinas College got a workout painting rooms at St. Dominic’s School in Blauvelt as part of United Way’s “Day of Caring” on April 12. Operated by nonprofit Saint Dominic’s Home, the K to 12th grade day school meets the personal growth, educational and academic needs of children with […]
A contractor working on a county sewer project broke a six-inch water main on Union Road and Jasinski Road in Spring Valley. Residents in the area are under a boil water order as noted below. The Rockland County Health Department has issued a boil water order for certain addresses on Union Road and Jasinski Road in […]
FROM THE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE DiNapoli says revenue estimates overly optimistic, no plan to reduce deficit Rockland County’s 2013 budget contains unreasonable revenue and spending projections that could increase the county’s deficit, warned State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli in a budget review issued Friday. “Rockland County officials are working hard to address fiscal stress in their […]