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NYC Takes Legal Action To Move County Lawsuit Into City Jurisdiction
Move Follows Another Firetrap Discovered By County New City, NY – This week the Rockland County Office of Buildings and Codes and Center for Rockland Codes Investigations came across another unlawfully converted firetrap; a 2-family home in the Village of Spring Valley with 25 beds. Rockland County, while beautiful, is suburban and does not have the infrastructure…
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Storm Triggers Flash Floods in Rockland, Orange Counties, One Drowns, Highways Close, Millions in Damage, Governor Declares Emergency
The National Weather Service reports that the Sunday’s storm system hit the Hudson Valley with as much as eight inches of rain in areas This story is being updated as it develops. HIGHLAND FALLS, NY – A slow-moving storm system brought heavy rain across a wide section of New York State on Sunday evening, flooding…
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Orange County Storm Update: Senator Skoufis Calls for FEMA Declaration, Governor Hochul Declares State of Emergency
Orange County NY storm devastates Town of Highlands, West Point, surrounding areas In the wake of a calamitous rainfall and ensuing destruction in Orange County, which claimed at least one life and obliterated critical infrastructure, New York State Senator James Skoufis called for the Federal Government to issue a Federal Emergency Management Agency declaration. Gov.…
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Be Safe in the Water this Summer!
NEW CITY, NY, – Summer is here, and with it comes plenty of fun times spent in the water. Unfortunately, whether it’s in your backyard or the local community pool, a lake, or the beach, the danger of drowning is present wherever families spend time in the water. Drowning can happen to anyone in seconds, any…
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RCC’s Visual and Performing Arts and Rockalnd Shakespeare Company Present: The Comedy of Errors and Much Ado About Nothing
Suffern, NY (July 3, 2023) ‒ Rockland Community College and the award-winning Visual and Performing Arts department proudly present the 26th season of the Rockland Shakespeare Company! Performances for The Comedy of Errors will take place out on the lawn behind the theatre and performances for Much Ado About Nothing will be presented in the Cultural Arts Theatre which are…
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Almost 90 bills passed in the committee, with 26 passing in both houses
Albany, NY – New York State Senator Pete Harckham completed his first legislative session as chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee (EnCon) recently with 89 bills passed out of committee, 44 of which passed in the Senate and 30 in both houses that now await the governor’s signature. Harckham, as committee chair, also led the budget table during the negotiations for the…