The Rockland Boulders took on the Quebec Capitales up north this weekend. After winning Friday and losing in ten innings Saturday, the Boulders were looking for a win Sunday to take the series. But it was not to be, they lost to the Capitales 4-3. The Boulders’ record stands at 33-37, 12 games out of first place. They have today off.
Audit Finds Rockland’s Surplus Fund for 2018 Jumps to Over $32 Million
A Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2018 has found Rockland’s government surplus funds jumped to just over $32 million, thanks to an improved economy, higher than budgeted revenues and lower than expected spending. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the growth of the Unassigned Fund Balance is a big step forward toward fiscal stability…
Day says there’s still work to be done. He says to be considered “truly fiscally healthy” the fund balance should be between 50 and $80 million.
Mahwah Woman Attacked by Coyote
A Mahwah woman suffered over a dozen bite wounds after being attacked by a coyote on Friday. NorthJersey.com says Doreen Entrup managed to grab a bat from a neighbor’s home to beat the coyote, which ran away. Traps have been set up around Grenadier Drive off Airmont Avenue just over the state line, but the coyote has not yet been caught.
NJ Makes it Legal for Terminally Ill to End Their Lives
New Jersey now has a law that allows those who are terminally ill to end their lives. The “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act” lets New Jersey residents who have six months or less to live request a cocktail of drugs to end their lives. Rockland state senator David Carlucci says it’s a controversial idea that’s been tossed around in New York for some time…
The New York Post reported New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed the bill last April despite his reservations as a Catholic. This could be a major topic of discussion at Senator Carlucci’s next Senior Advisory Panel meeting, which is being held at the New City Library, Wednesday morning August 14th at 10:30.
Haverstraw Takes Patient Approach to Selling Letchworth Land
The town of Haverstraw continues to take a patient approach to selling the land at Letchworth Village. Supervisor Howard Phillips says most of the proposals they’ve gotten so far have been for residential development, but commercial ratables are preferred…
Haverstraw’s portion of Letchworth Village has about 200 acres of land and was once considered as a spot for the Legoland now being built in Goshen.