Firefighters hold annual Old-Timer’s Award night

Firefighters hold annual Old-Timer’s Award night

BY JOHN KRYGER Five volunteer firefighters were honored Saturday, April 15, at the Rockland County Fire Chief’s Association’s Old-Timers Awards Night and dinner held at Krucker’s Catering and Picnic Grove in Pomona. More than 250 current and former Rockland fire chiefs, along with County Executive Ed Day, gathered to honor their own at the annual […]

Westbound span nearing completion; will open sometime this year

Westbound span nearing completion; will open sometime this year

BY JANIE ROSMAN Sunny weather has been drawing visitors to Nyack’s Memorial Park, where Holly Desher and a friend were watching the I Lift NY, stationed near the Rockland shoreline, through a high-powered lens. Last month the super crane resumed setting structural steel on the eastbound span utilizing a different process. Assemblies lifted from the […]

Stony Point PD announces No Empty Chair campaign

Stony Point PD announces No Empty Chair campaign

  The Stony Point Police Department announced that it is joining with police departments around the county, state and nation in the “No Empty Chair” campaign. “Each year teenage drivers are fatally injured or left with lifetime disabilities from motor vehicle crashes that are preventable. Regrettably, many of these crashes occur in the months preceding […]

Rockland County Fights Medicaid Fraud

Rockland County Fights Medicaid Fraud

PRESS RELEASE–  Rockland County has saved nearly $7 million in Medicaid expenses by rooting out fraud, County Executive Ed Day has announced. “Medicaid costs make up 55 percent of our county budget,” the County Executive said. “We owe it to the taxpayers to do all we can to make sure this program is being used […]

KEEP ROCKLAND BEAUTIFUL SEASON IS HERE: Aney Paul Organizes Earth Day Cleanup

KEEP ROCKLAND BEAUTIFUL SEASON IS HERE: Aney Paul Organizes Earth Day Cleanup

Rockland County Legislator Aney Paul and a volunteer crew will participate in the 2017 Great American Cleanup sponsored by Keep Rockland Beautiful on Earth Day, which is Saturday, April 22. New volunteers are welcome. Debris left on roadsides is often washed by rain and melted snow into local waterways through storm drains or blown directly into […]

Hometown Happenings with George Hoehmann

Hometown Happenings with George Hoehmann

Supervisor, Town of Clarkstown  DEATH AND TAXES “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”  Benjamin Franklin’s words are as true this week as they were when he wrote them in 1789 following the ratification of our Constitution. And while we all stressed this week filing our taxes, I am reasonably […]