BY MICHAEL RICONDA Spring Valley – Shortly after his swearing in by County Clerk Paul Piperato, newly-elected Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme proceeded with the first meeting of the Spring Valley Village Board, an assembly consisting largely of new appointments and the swearing in of new village personnel. The Board of Trustees has three new […]
Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman has announced that he will attend a meeting of each of the 12 village boards in the Town of Ramapo between November 26 and December 26. “I want to foster a dialogue between my office and residents from across Ramapo,” Friedman said. “We agree on a lot and sometimes we disagree […]
Branches in New City and Suffern have exceeded expectations, says HVB BY KATHY KAHN Five years into Hudson Valley Bank’s official entry into the Rockland marketplace with its first branch in New City in 2007 and the opening of a second branch in Suffern in 2012, HVB’s Senior Vice President John Bartolotta says the bank […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Spring Valley – Allan Thompson, a longtime Rockland resident and former mayor of Spring Valley, is hoping to make a comeback in this year’s crowded campaign for the mayor of Spring Valley, running on a platform which seeks cooperative, urgent and effective solutions to the village’s stagnant financial state and corruption troubles. […]
BY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAVID FRIED As a former Judge in Spring Valley, when making a ruling, it’s critical to know all sides of an issue, to understand and hear people out. Only with all the available information can you make an informed decision, a just decision. Most importantly, you can’t make assumptions. […]
Third-party candidates look to bring “fairness” back to local government BY BILL DEMAREST SPRING VALLEY – In a word, “fairness” is what a group of candidates in Rockland County’s Nov. 5 election say they are looking to restore in local government. Candidates on the Preserve Rockland ticket gathered at a social club in downtown Spring […]