State Senator Thomas Morahan, R-New City, will be sworn in for a sixth term during a ceremony that starts at Goodwin D. Katzen Early Childhood Education Center at Jawonio, 155 Phillips Hill Road in New City.

Acting Supreme Court Justice William K. Nelson will administer the oath of office.

Several guests will also perform: the Suffern High [...]

County Legislator Alden Wolfe, D-Suffern, introduced a resolution today that recognizes “Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks from Hamas.”

The resolution is not binding in any way, but Wolfe said taking a stand regarding Israel and Hamas was important.

“My feeling is that we should add our voice to those around the world who are [...]

Harriet Cornell’s place in county history has been included in the federal Congressional Record, the legislator told those gathered last night to see her unanomoulsy reappointed as chairwoman of the Rockland County Legislature.

Senator Hillary Clinton, whom Cornell has worked with for a number of years, included the fact that Cornell is the only Rockland [...]

State Senator Thomas Morahan, R-New City, issued a statement today in reaction to Gov. David Paterson’s State of the State speech, in which the gov outlined a rather bleak future for us New Yorkers.

Paterson, and the state Legislature, are trying to close a $15.4 billion deficit over the next two years, the worst deficit ever [...]

Rep. Eliot Engel, D-New York, was sworn in yesterday to his 11th term in Congress.

In a statement issued today, Engel said he would work to make health care available to everyone, to push for education reform, and to support President-elect Barack Obama’s plans for an economic stimulus to help the nation’s economy.

“Taking the oath [...]

County Legislator Joseph Meyers, D-Airmont, has issued a statement today in which he condemns the latest incident of a Nazi hate symbol showing up in Rockland.

Here is Meyers’ statement, verbatim:

Rockland County Legislator Joseph Meyers expressed his outrage over the latest display of swastikas, a Nazi hate symbol.  On Monday, Suffern residents reported finding three such [...]

Rockland County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell, D-West Nyack, presents her fifth annual legislative address during tomorrow’s County Legislature meeting, its first of 2009.

The session starts at 7 p.m. at the Allison-Parris County Office Building, 11 New Hempstead Road in New City.

Legislators will vote to select a chairperson for 2009.

Then they’ll attend to a variety [...]

If you’re available Sunday, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee invites you to attend her swearing-in ceremony as she begins to serve her second two-year term in the state Legislature.

The Suffern woman, who represents the 95th Assembly District, will be sworn in during a ceremony that starts at 2 p.m. in the new Technology Center at Rockland Community [...]

Congratulations are due Ann Marie Kelly, who is back at her post, not that she ever actually left.

The Rockland County Legislature voted 15-0 today to reappoint the New City woman as County Commissioner of Elections. Legislators Joseph Meyers, D-Airmont, and Alden Wolfe, D-Suffern, were absent.

Kelly, a Democrat, now “rejoins” her Republican counterpart, Joan Silvestri, at [...]

C. Scott Vanderhoef will be the guest of honor during a fundraiser in his honor next month.

Vanderhoef told us today that the cocktail reception, which will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 25., is indeed being held so he can raise some money for his political coffers.

But he wouldn’t say for sure [...]

This just in from state Senator Thomas Morahan, R-New City:

New York State Senator Thomas P. Morahan announced that
he has been informed by Michael R. Fleischer, Executive Director of the New
York State Thruway Authority, that tonight (December 4, 2008) the Thruway
Authority’s contractor will be removing three plates [...]

In a press release issued today, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. offers tips to make the holiday season a safe one.
Here’s what the company has to say:

“Each year, over 1,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries related to holiday lights and trimmings, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s figures. In [...]

The County Executive has issued a statement regarding the County Legislature’s amendments and adoption of the 2009 county budget last night. Here it is verbatim:

New City, NY – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today commended the Rockland County Legislature for working cooperatively with the Executive Branch by approving the proposed $714 million 2009 County Budget, [...]

 Rockland servicepeople on active duty in Afghanistan and Iraq don’t have to worry if there’s an emergency home repair that needs fixing under a county program that taps the support of local contractors.

The Veterans Maintenance covers such emergency home repairs as broken water heaters, leaking roofs, or fallen trees, according to a press release issued [...]

The Rockland County Legislature’s Environmental Committee will hold a public hearing on a proposal to a 25-cent fee for paper or plastic carryout bags at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in the legislature’s chambers in the Allison-Parris County Office Building, 11 New Hempstead Road in New City.

Legislator Connie Coker, D-South Nyack, who chairs the committee, worked [...]

State Senator Thomas Morahan (R-New City) and Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) will receive the Nyack Center’s Legacy Award at 6 pm Saturday at the center, 58, Depew Ave.

The duo is being honored for securing money that was used to replace a boiler and support after-school programs, among other services. The Nyack Center serves more than [...]

Bob Baird, columnist for The Journal News, was recently interviewed by Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and can be seen and heard on the next edition of County Executive’s Forum.

During the show, Vanderhoef and Baird discuss the state of the newspaper business and how it has evolved through the years.  Baird also discusses his [...]

County Legislator Alden Wolfe, D-Suffern, has sponsored a resolution to express concern and opposition to the state Workers’ Compensation Board’s plan to close 11 of its 30 customer service centers around New York, including the one in Rockland.

The shut down looms as state agencies seek to trim their budgets under orders from Gov. David Paterson. [...]

County Legislator Joseph Meyers, D-Airmont, today called for a new county law to require certain eateries to post the calorie count in their food.

The “Rockland County National Food Service Establishments Calorie Posting Law” would require an eatery that is part of a chain that has 15 or more restaurants to post the calorie court of [...]

Rockland County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell, D-West Nyack, has issued a proclamation to call attention to the issue of domestic violence. She signed and affixed the county seal to the actual proclamation, which was witnessed by the Legislature’s clerk, Laurence O. Toole.

The Rockland Family Shelter is among the places to turn for help when confronted [...]

Members of the Rockland County Legislature have issued a statement regarding the proposed 2009 county budget submitted by County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef.

The plan increases spending by about $30.3 million, from about $684.2 million this year to about $714.5 million next year.

The proposal increases the amount of money to be collected via the county property [...]

The Rockland County Young Democrats will hold a “Countdown to Change/Halloween Party” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Ireland’s 32, 32 Orange Ave. in Suffern.

The gathering is open to all ages, and elected officials from around the county are expected to attend, according to one of the Young Democrats’ co-presidents, Amanda Roman.

The second of two debates focusing on the presidential election takes place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Route 202 in Garnerville.

The event is sponsored by the Hudson Valley Debate Union and will focus on Senator John McCain’s readiness to be president. The first debate, held Sept. [...]

Incumbent Eliot Engel and challenger Robert Goodman are scheduled to debate at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Orangeburg Public Library, 20 S. Greenbush Road, in Orangeburg.

The duel is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rockland County.

Engel is running on the Democrat, Independence and Working Families lines, while Goodman is running on the Republican [...]

Yes, there’s already an Obama ‘08 Rockland County Headquarters in the Indian Rock shopping plaza in Montebello.

Today, there will be another HQ, this one dubbed the Obama-Biden Election Headquarters. The new site will open at 5:30 p.m. today at 311 N. Main St. in Spring Valley.

The Democrats who won seats on the Ramapo Town Democratic [...]