DEC TO HOST SIXTH ANNUAL GREAT HUDSON RIVER FISH COUNT ON AUGUST 5

DEC TO HOST SIXTH ANNUAL GREAT HUDSON RIVER FISH COUNT ON AUGUST 5

Fish Count at Multiple Sites on Hudson River Banks and Piers The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that the sixth annual Great Hudson River Estuary Fish Count will take place at multiple sites along the banks and piers of the Hudson River on August 5. The public is invited to […]

Pink in the Park Game to honor breast cancer survivors and raise funds for The Center for Breast Health at Good Samaritan Hospital

Pink in the Park Game to honor breast cancer survivors and raise funds for The Center for Breast Health at Good Samaritan Hospital

Rockland Boulders will donate $1 for each ticket purchased for special August 12 game and breast cancer survivors invited free of charge   PRESS RELEASE – The Rockland Boulders will be hitting it out of the park on August 12 with a special evening dedicated to breast cancer survivors.   The Boulders will take $1 off the price of each […]

Plea deal reached with Anthony Mallia, former Ramapo town building inspector

Plea deal reached with Anthony Mallia, former Ramapo town building inspector

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Rockland DA’s Office announced a plea deal with former Ramapo Building Inspector Anthony Mallia, arrested September 2016 on charges he shaved permit costs for dozens of construction projects over the course of 2015 and early 2016. He also was alleged to have overcharged the Moleston Fire District by $75,000 on one construction project. Mallia had faced a total of 148 felony counts […]

DOT Rail Crossing Study Not Yet Completed

DOT Rail Crossing Study Not Yet Completed

Bill requires safety evaluation of all 5,304 rail grade crossings across New York Valhalla, NY – 7/31/17 – Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Greenburgh/Mt. Pleasant), Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) and Senator Terrence Murphy (R-Westchester) will be joined by Alan Brody to call on the New York State Department of Transportation to complete the comprehensive study and report of the State’s highway […]

United Hospice of Rockland Applauds Arc Volunteer

United Hospice of Rockland Applauds Arc Volunteer

For more than a year, Elaine Schmidt has been traveling twice a week from her home at an Arc of Rockland residence in Pearl River to work as a volunteer at the Joe Raso Hospice Residence (a program of United Hospice of Rockland) in New City. United Hospice of Rockland is a nonprofit organization that […]

KLEINER REMEMBERS ELIOT TOZER

KLEINER REMEMBERS ELIOT TOZER

To the Editor, Eliot Tozer, longtime resident of Tappan,  died last week at the age of 95.  As Deputy Supervisor of Orangetown from 1996-2009, he chaired the Orangetown Labor-Management Committee, designed to resolve disputes between town employees and management. More than anyone else involved in that committee over the years,  Eliot  enjoyed the full respect […]