Timelines: August 2, 2012

MTA Updates Plan for Financial Future The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released its 2013 Preliminary Budget and July Financial Plan for 2013-16. In 2010, the MTA demonstrated the most aggressive cost cutting in its history. The plan released now builds on those same cost cutting initiatives. These efforts have generated $686 million in annual recurring […]

Timelines: July 26, 2012

  Fines Raised for False Fire Alarms in Nyack A resolution was passed in Nyack on Thursday, July 19 increasing the fines for false alarms to the local fire department. Anyone who places a false call to the Nyack fire department more than twice a year will be penalized with a $300 fine. And the fines […]

Timelines: July 19, 2012

Towns Band Together to Bill the County In an act of revenge against the county for passing on new costs to towns, Rockland’s five towns are going to now send the county all bills for maintenance and utilities on county roads. They are exploring legal options as well in case the county refuses to pick […]

Timelines: May 31, 2012

Facebook Shares Continue to Drop Facebook’s shares dropped nearly 10 percent on Tuesday, May 29 and, according to analysts, there’s nothing stopping it from falling even lower than its current price of $28.84. Predictions for what the stock will do are all over the place, with some investors believing Facebook’s shares will reach as high […]

Timelines 5 –10

Strange but true: Young woman bites dog Analise Garner, 19, is being charged with animal cruelty, domestic battery and underage drinking, according to police. The Lake in the Hills, Illinois resident allegedly bit her family’s 80-pound English bulldog while drunkenly arguing and fighting with her mother. Concerned neighbors called the police when they heard the […]

Timelines — 5/3

Monsey fire endangers child A Monsey father was arrested on Monday for leaving his 4-year-old son home alone Friday, April 27 in order to run errands. Upon returning home 15 minutes later, he found his house in flames. Nobody was injured in the fire, including his child, Alexander Lliguichusca. However, the father, Manuel, is being […]