PRESS RELEASE The Town of Clarkstown recently announced a ground breaking agreement with the Rockland Farm Alliance to operate a restored 18th century working farm and education center on the town’s open space property known as Traphagen, on Germonds Road, in West Nyack. The Rockland Farm Alliance (RFA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and […]
Health Department schedules two flu vaccine clinics in October Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert today announced that the Health Department will hold two flu vaccine clinics in October: on Friday, October 2, and Friday, October 9, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rockland County Department of Health, Building D, 1st Floor, Nurses’ Conference […]
Future of BTX and golf course remain in doubt BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Flush with success from banning the use of private homes for commercial party rentals and the filming of “adult” videos, the Orangetown Town Board is plunging headlong this week into banning two additional practices the council finds objectionable […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN America’s oldest matzo factory closed on its new location in Orangeburg, executive vice president Alan Adler told the Rockland County Times yesterday. “We now own 171 Route 303 and will be consolidating all operations there next year — the matzo factory that used to be in Manhattan and our warehouse and dry […]
Habitat for Humanity of Rockland (HFHR) recently held a ground breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of a new house at 16 Partition Street in Haverstraw. Habitat for Humanity of Rockland is a group of people committed to eliminating substandard housing conditions in Rockland County. HFHR has previously built seven homes in Rockland County; four in […]
STONY POINT, NY…September 29, 2015 – Stony Point Councilman Tom Basile released the following statement today in response to this afternoon’s press conference by Supervisors Phillips and Gromack with regard to the proposed New Planet Energy facility in Stony Point. The proposed state-of-the-art renewable energy plant, to be located within Stony Point’s industrial zone, is […]