SUEZ announced this week the launch of a customer conservation program for its residential and commercial customers in Rockland and Orange counties that offers significant monetary rebates on the purchase of water-saving appliances like toilets, showerheads and washing machines. The program is part of an innovative collaboration with Orange and Rockland Utilities to help […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Mona Tong of New City, New York won second place in the Senior Individual Website category at the national finals for the National History Day® Contest. Tong, a 11th grade student at Clarkstown North High School, captivated judges with a project titled, Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservation Crusader for Future Generations and was presented […]
Your weekly forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello, Rockland County! I hope that you have had a great week, and once again, congratulations to all of the Classes of 2017! How is the weather looking for the final week of June? Let’s get right to the forecast. On Friday, clouds will increase over our area, but […]
Clarkstown has launched what it hopes is a new tradition: a Farmers Market on the grounds of the historic Traphagen property located at 131 Germonds Rd., West Nyack. Supervisor George Hoehmann said, “This Farmers Market will not only highlight local and regional vendors, but solidify Clarkstown’s leadership in the the county as the number one […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The last forty-eight hours have been interesting, to say the least, in Ramapo politics. Since former supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence’s conviction on federal securities fraud charges last month forced his resignation, Deputy Supervisor Yitzchok Ullman has been serving as interim supervisor. In a hastily called special meeting on Monday night, the […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR Blauvelt area residents, environmentalists and Orangetown officials were equally shocked Tuesday, June 6 when they learned via the Internet that the town had settled its bitter court battle with the controversial Aluf Plastics Corp., despite the fact that the Town Board had told the Deputy Town Attorney in charge of […]