Snow Blues

Snow Blues

Between four and to 10″ of snow fell down on Rockland County Tuesday, depending what town you measured in. Beginning late Tuesday morning and lasting about 12 hours, the storm packed a strong wallop, enhanced by some of the lowest temperatures of the year. New York City, Long Island and mid-Jersey saw the worst of […]

Bad News Business Bombshell: Novartis to Close Doors

Bad News Business Bombshell: Novartis to Close Doors

UPDATED BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Novartis Pharmaceuticals has notified local officials that they will be closing their Suffern plant over the course of the next three years, County Executive Ed Day confirmed with the Rockland County Times. Employees of the company received the news during their 2 o’clock shift, Day said. The company will attempt to […]

Rockland Veterans Service Director Blasts Obama Bureaucracy

Rockland Veterans Service Director Blasts Obama Bureaucracy

“The VA is just IRS spelled differently”   BY JERRY DONNELLAN Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County Since I came to be director of Rockland County Veterans Service Agency in 1992, the veteran population has dropped in half and it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.  The basic reason for this […]

Five to Ten Inches of Snow Forecast for Tuesday; Winter Storm Warning in Effect for Region

Five to Ten Inches of Snow Forecast for Tuesday; Winter Storm Warning in Effect for Region

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the region from noon Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday, including all of Rockland County. The National Weather Service predicts 5 – 10″ of snow (updated prediction  5 a.m. Tuesday), beginning late morning/around noon, with the heaviest snow falling between the evening commute and midnight. The snow should […]

They Want to Build WHAT in New Square?

They Want to Build WHAT in New Square?

Chicken slaughterhouse making a comeback, many lawmakers vow to oppose plan A proposed $3 million chicken slaughterhouse is one step closer to being constructed in the Village of New Square as Adir Poultry submitted a 30-page environmental impact summary and the New Square Board of Trustees is mulling over a time for a public hearing […]