PRESS RELEASE — Last week, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced the most recent estimated Rockland and Westchester death tolls caused by opioid based drugs. The yearly death tolls in both counties have more than tripled since 2008. “Our community cannot allow this alarming trend to continue,” stated Senator Carlucci. “There are options available for us […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH After getting hit with a string a bad news ranging from arrests of top elected officials on Federal corruption charges to the state monitoring its building department, the Town of Ramapo got a little good news, thanks to an appeals court in Brooklyn. The Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed a ruling that […]
BY BARRY WARNER People to People is a nonprofit 501 C3 organization that works to help struggling Rockland residents through difficult times with dignity. For decades, People to People (PtoP) has been assisting the community’s most vulnerable families, anxious seniors and worried veterans. The organization is Rockland’s hunger relief organization that provides food and other […]
After previously denying a desired rate increase due to financial irregularities and other problems, the state Public Service Commission has relented and awarded Suez, formerly United Water, $31 million of the $39 million in loot the company desired to recoup from ratepayers following its investment in a since-shuttered desalination plant. Rates for the average water […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Yes he was!! As a cast of over 80 Pearl River High School seniors performed Thursday evening in the musical “All Shook Up,” a show inspired by the songs of Elvis Presley. Listening and watching the impressive cast, you could get the feeling of the young Elvis who changed the role […]
PRESS RELEASE–Supervisor George Hoehmann announced the Town of Clarkstown will receive $1.425 million dollars through the NYS Department of Transportation 2016 Bridge NY Program to reconstruct the CSX Bridge on Snake Hill Road in West Nyack. Clarkstown is the only town in Rockland County to receive funding from this state program. “The town and our […]