North Rockland High School Football could have a bright future. Stony Point Supervisor Jim Monaghan says their three youth football teams were honored at a special dinner last week…
The North Rockland Football dinner honored the teams at the Haverstraw Elks on Thursday.
The Valley Cottage volunteer firefighter hurt battling a blaze earlier this month continues to improve from his injuries. Rockland’s Director of Fire and Emergency Services Chris Kear says 25 year-old Ryan Ebner is now is off the ventilator and up and walking around…
Kear says he’s got a long way to go, but says Ebner told him he is eager to get back to fighting fires again. A fundraiser set up to help with his medical bills has so far raised around $92,000.
The Rockland County legislature is poised to vote next month on potentially having the county handle building and fire inspection duties for the village of Spring Valley. The county executive, meanwhile, says this would only happen if the village doesn’t prove to the state that they can do it on their own. The state has given the county the green light to start the process of temporarily handling those responsibilities for the village. County Executive Ed Day says the fatal March fire at the Evergreen Home for Adults, and the indictments that have since followed, demonstrate Spring Valley needs help…
Rockland Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski says this process has been years in the making…
Spring Valley Mayor Alan Simon told The Journal News that the village has hired a civil rights lawyer, claiming the state takeover violates the village’s home-rule rights.
President Biden’s $1.75 trillion “Build Back Better” spending package passed in the House of Representatives on Friday, but faces a murky future in the Senate. Rockland Congressman Mondaire Jones, in a speech on the House floor Friday, urged his colleagues to pass the historic legislation…
While Democrats have touted the plan’s higher tax rate for corporations, Republicans say those costs will eventually trickle down and be a burden on middle-class families. CNBC says Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York wants to pass the legislation before Christmas.
The village of Airmont is holding their budget review meeting today via Zoom. The Board of Trustees meeting to review the tentative budget is this afternoon at 4pm. Click here for the Zoom meeting information.
