• State Lawmakers Have Less Than Two Weeks to Pass NY State Budget

    State lawmakers are combing through the governor’s, the Senate’s and the Assembly’s budget proposals looking for common ground and a final budget to run the state next fiscal year in the next two weeks. Rockland State Senator, Republican Bill Weber of the 38th District, says there’s more money on the table over last year, some of […]

  • Haverstraw Municipal Golf Course Opens for Season

    The town of Haverstraw golf course opened for the season yesterday. Town supervisor Howard Phillips says the Philip J. Rotella golf course is among the state’s jewels… The course first opened in 1984 and was named for former supervisor Phil Rotella in 2002. For more information, visit the golf course’s website, RotellaGolfCourse.com.

  • Orangetown Church to Benefit from Tonight’s Performance of “Billy Elliot” at Antrim Playhouse in Tappan

    The Antrim Playhouse in Tappan is hosting a special benefit performance of Billy Elliot tonight to benefit the Tappan Reform Church. The playhouse had spent decades on Spook Rock Road in Suffern before closing during the early months of COVID in 2022, reopening in Tappan last year. Orangetown supervisor Teresa Kenny says the new playhouse […]

  • NY Governor Warns People to Get Vaccinated Against Measles as it Spreads Around the Country

    With the measles once again spreading and threatening several states across the country, including New York, the governor is urging New Yorkers to get vaccinated. In a press conference yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul said so far there have been only four cases here in the state from this newest outbreak… Acting Commissioner of Health, James […]

  • Long-Awaited Starbucks to Open in Clarkstown Monday

    It’s been a long time coming, but the new Starbucks in Clarkstown is finally ready to open, and it’s got a drive-through, that’s a first for the county. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann says the coffee shop at the corner of Route 304 and West Nyack Road in Nanuet will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on […]

  • NEWS BRIEFS: Congestion Pricing Deadline Extended; O&R Rate Increase; SSA Local Office Closures; RBA Protesters

    Congestion pricing remains, for now. Published reports said the Trump administration has extended today’s deadline to stop the tolling system that launched January fifth. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on social media the DOT is giving New York a 30-day extension as discussions continue. Governor Kathy Hochul and the MTA have vowed to fight to […]