BY MICHAEL RICONDA Pomona – Rockland County welcomed some of its newest citizens with a naturalization ceremony held at the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona on December 6. The ceremony, which is held about six times each year, commemorates foreign-born Rockland residents’ decision to accept U.S. citizenship. A total of 152 new citizens […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – More than two years after Hurricane Irene and more than a year after Hurricane Sandy, homeowners affected by repeated flooding might finally have some protection against the frequent overflow of the Mahwah River. In June, Ramapo filed a letter of intent to the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program flood […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Sports was on the mind of the Orangetown Town Board Tuesday as the operators of two private athletic facilities pitched proposals to the Town Board; one to operate the financially beleaguered Broadacres Golf Course under a three-year contract and the other to construct an indoor-outdoor athletic training […]
BY THOMAS MCGUIRE The first snow of the season fell Tuesday, leaving picturesque scenes across the region including at St. John’s Chapel in the Wilderness in Stony Point, Harriman State Park. Traffic problems were avoided for the most part on Tuesday, but an icing on Sunday night did cause a few wrecks. While the snow […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN In its last meeting of 2013, the Stony Point Town Board wrapped up some old business and bid farewell to some familiar faces while preparing the way for the coming year’s work. Supervisor Geoff Finn announced that Maria Frank, interim director of Rockland County Department of Community Development, was granting the Town […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN About 100 representatives of social service agencies, community organizations and clergy attended the Rockland County Department of Social Services conference last Thursday to learn more about the on-going issue of disproportionate representation of minority children throughout the social services system. Joyce James, an equity consultant and one of the original founders of […]