Employer contribution rates for the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) will decline in Fiscal Year 2015-16, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced this week. The average contribution rate for the Employees Retirement System (ERS) will decrease by about 9 percent from 20.1 percent of payroll to 18.2 percent of payroll. […]
September 10 9/11 Haverstraw Memorial Ceremony There will be a 9-11 Ceremony at the Haverstraw Town Hall on Wednesday, September 10 at 7 p.m. The Rockland County Marine Corps League will be hosting the commemoration with a color guard, firing detail and bugler. September 11 Ramapo 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony The Town of Ramapo’s 13th Annual […]
New York City’s famous pizza place, Patsy’s Pizzeria, will open its doors for the first time to the Rockland County community September 10 at The Shops at Nanuet. Patsy’s Pizzeria is considered a New York City landmark, establishing itself in the first half of last century as a family style, old-fashioned neighborhood restaurant. Patsy’s Pizzeria […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA MONSEY – A 99-year-old Rockland County veteran waited 68 years for a medal due to him for his service in World War II. On September 2, the medal finally reached the deserving vet. Joined by his daughter Karen Schulman and grandson Brad, the Bayone, New Jersey native Abe Pechansky had the Good […]
Employees at CVS helped break up a “Green Dot” money scam last Friday, Clarkstown Police (CPD) reports. CPD says that on August 29 a 57-year-old female from Valley Cottage almost got scammed for more than $2,500 in cash, after the victim received a phone message from someone who identified themselves as an agent with the […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. Rockland County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert is alerting residents that an Air Quality Health Advisory for the Metropolitan New York City region, including Rockland County, has been issued for today, Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Air Quality Health Advisories are issued by the New York State […]