Several matters of business handled at this week’s town board meeting Tuesday’s Stony Point Town Board meeting was used as an occasion to herald the hard work of the town’s workers and volunteers in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. The town had to gather forth record manpower as well as record volunteerism from the […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER In one corner, Hurricane Sandy; a natural disaster the likes of which New York has never seen, which has left nothing but chaos and destruction in its wake. In the other corner, a 4’10 mother of four from Rockland County. Rachel Katz decided roughly a year ago that she was going to […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Democratic New York Senator Charles Schumer pushed for FEMA to open a second Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Rockland County, in Piermont, during a tour of the storm-ravaged village of Piermont. “The more disaster recovery centers we can have, the more money will flow to home owners, to store owners, to communities, to […]
GenOn, the current owner of the Bowline power generating facility in West Haverstraw will be hosting an informational open house on the proposed project on Saturday, November 17 from noon – 4 p.m. Attendees can learn more about the project, meet and talk to Gen On representatives, submit questions, share ideas and learn about opportunities […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Room 301 at Town Hall in Clarkstown filled up last Thursday as public hearings about the town budget took place. Many residents, police officers and public officials chatted amongst themselves while waiting for the meeting to begin. The first hearing was about a proposed “local law to override the tax levy […]
BY BARRY WARNER Initiatives that encourage kids to eat healthy in school, and exercise, are being implemented in Rockland County in an effort to reduce childhood obesity. The Healthy Hunger-Free kids Act of 2012 is an example. The program is aimed at improving child nutrition, including the National School Lunch program. According to the New […]