Rockland IDA headed negotiations with mega-corporation BY MICHAEL RICONDA Orangetown – The Rockland Industrial Development Agency has been hard at work during the past year bringing big business to Rockland and appears to have struck a groundbreaking final deal with Russo Development Company and Bloomberg for the latter’s new data center in Orangetown. “We’re looking […]
The annual meeting and Board of Directors’ election for the Stony Point Ambulance Corps will be held on the fourth Monday in June, June 24, 2013, for the purpose of filling two vacancies on the Board of Directors; and voting to accept new life members and new honorary members. Embattled president and vice president, Marc […]
BY BARRY WARNER Thirty-three members of the Rockland County Police Academy, Class 2013 Basic School, graduated Friday morning, June 14, in a ceremony before officials, families and friends. The graduates had just completed 20 weeks of mandated class work and will undergo hours of field training alongside veteran officers. Seven of the graduates were part […]
The Rockland Community Against Hunger (RCAH) announces the launch of www.rocklandhunger.org, an online resource to provide information, raise awareness, mobilize support and educate residents about nutrition and hunger in Rockland County, New York. According to Maria Dowling, CEO of Rockland Jewish Family Service (a participating RCAH agency), “Many believe that Rockland is an affluent area, […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Congers – Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack announced at a press conference on June 19 that he and the Clarkstown Town Board would be imposing a new law to encourage utility companies to clear out hazardous double utility poles which obstruct drivers’ line of sight and pose a risk of collapse. “Our goal […]
On June 13, 2013 at the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation Council meeting held in Albany, The Clarkstown Police Department was presented with its Reaccreditation Certificate. The Clarkstown Police Department was initially accredited in 1998 and re-accredited in 2003, 2008 and now in 2013. The Accreditation Program has four […]