PHOTO BY THOMAS MCGUIRE A little over one year since Sandy devastated the beachfront in Stony Point and the first refurbished home on River Road has been completed, just in time for Christmas. The home stands on stilts raised 14 feet above sea level, in line with new town codes and tall enough to avoid […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A bitterly divided Orangetown Town Board Tuesday refused to sign a three-year “management contract” with a private firm to operate the town’s embattled Broadacres Golf Course next year, leaving the future of that nine-hold facility in limbo. With only four of the board’s five members present (Councilman […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Just as the New City Library Board prepares for the transition to a new set of trustees, carrying with it the prospect of restored cooperation among its members, a new issue involving the plans of developer Eric Bergstol to build senior housing on property adjacent to the library has required the Board’s […]
To the Editor, As of this writing, Congress has passed a bill that would cut veterans’ retirement. It has at this point been sent to the Senate. Obviously, I think this is obnoxious. If cuts need to be made perhaps Congress and the Senate should think about their own salaries. First of all, how many veterans are there? When I […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – County Executive elect Ed Day formally announced Army Lieutenant Colonel Guillermo Rosa as his future Chief of Staff on Monday. Rosa said he accepted the offer to work in Day’s administration because he has seen and felt the financial and political changes occurring in the county and was inspired […]
Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel J. Guy graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Guy is the son of Kevin and […]