BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – Normally, hockey injuries occur on the ice, but according to a lawsuit from Suffern village trustee and 2013 mayoral candidate Trish Abato, a longstanding fan tradition at sporting events was enough to inflict injuries for which she filed suit against various parties, including charitable ones. According to court documents from […]
New York school bus drivers hold safety competition at Rockland Lake BY ERIN MAHER One hundred and three road-ready bus drivers competed this past Saturday, May 18, at the 42nd Annual New York State School Bus Safety Competition. The competition, held at Rockland Lake State Park, was sponsored by the New York School Bus Contractors […]
Palisades Federal Credit Union, the largest Rockland County based Credit Union, announced six recipients of their annual George Hatala scholarship. Scholarships were presented at the Credit Union’s annual meeting at the Comfort Inn in Nanuet, NY. One of the six scholars also received a scholarship from the Rockland and Westchester Credit Union chapter. Combined the […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown appears to have switched sides and now supports, barely, a controversial proposal to require a special public hearing on United Water Resources request to construct a water desalination plant in the Hudson River at Haverstraw. The proposal received a second, hour-long public comment period […]
AAA Travel projects 34.8 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a 0.9 percent decrease from the 35.1 million people who traveled last year. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 23 to Monday, May 27. “AAA is forecasting Memorial Day travel […]
All school districts in Rockland County have passed their budgets with the exception of East Ramapo where it was narrowly defeated 5,400 to 4,895. Most districts passed their budgets with votes in the range of 67 to 77 percent approval, but in North Rockland the vote was a bit closer at 1,600 to 1,115. In […]