PRESS RELEASE Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. on Wednesday announced that it will award grants totaling $25,000 again this year to support classroom projects and teacher professional-development initiatives focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The O&R STEM Classroom Grants program will award 25 grants of up to $1,000 each to educators at schools […]
BY ADAM LUCENTE Senator David Carlucci’s (D-Rockland/Westchester) Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) released their 2016 legislative goals to the public recently. Senator Carlucci believes the agenda will help Rockland’s middle class. “We have to make sure that we’re competitive in terms of economics and quality of life, giving people a reason to want to live in […]
Incumbent Village Justice of West Haverstraw Kevin F. Russo declared his candidacy for Rockland County Court Judge earlier this month. “During my two terms as the Village Justice for West Haverstraw I gained an understanding of the complexities of the court system including its capabilities and limitations,” Russo boasted. “I believe that I have conducted […]
PILOT agreement for Nyack apartments discussed BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR, ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown is seeking a new tenant to operate the restaurant at the town-owned Blue Hill Golf Course in Pearl River, following the withdrawal, Paul Guarino, who had run the restaurant years ago and who had been in discussions […]
Ranchers standoff takes deadly turn BY RAQUEL OKYAY In an ongoing battle between Oregon patriots defending their property and the federal government protecting its land-grab, police fired the first shots on Tuesday. In a roadblock arrest near the wildlife refuge that is the center of the standoff, a father of 11 children was killed, one […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Once boasting a pink exterior, the five-bedroom house 1 LaVeta Place in Nyack hardly looks haunted. It isn’t, and it is. Wright Bros. Real Estate agent Nancy Blake Weber said its two previous owners — including Indie singer and songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, who sold it for $1.77 million just before Christmas — […]