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Leaf pickup and yard waste: your municipal calendar guide
How seasonal Department of Public Works collection works across Rockland's towns and villages, and how to keep your pile from getting skipped.
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What a government shutdown means for local towns
Federal funding gaps reach Rockland through grants, contracts, and services — slowly, unevenly, and mostly in ways that are easy to miss until they aren't.
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Behind the counter: what it actually takes to run a Main Street shop
Deliveries at dawn, a staffing puzzle, and rent math that never quite adds up to zero — a look at the work behind Rockland's storefronts.
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Local History Projects: How Communities Keep Their Archives Alive
From digitization drives to church-basement scrapbooks, here's how residents and historical societies rescue fading records — and how you can help.
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Community action agencies: what services they actually offer
Energy help, food programs and home weatherization — how these agencies work and what to ask for before winter.
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Rental housing explained: security deposits and tenant rights in New York
What the law expects from landlords and renters, and where to check the details that apply to your lease.
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Community pools in Rockland: how opening dates, passes and swim lessons work
Town and village pools set their own calendars. Here's how the season usually runs, and where the answers live.
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Rockland County commercial rent trends: what storefronts and offices pay
Asking rents run from under $2,000 a month for a small Spring Valley office to well past $3,000 in New City, and the lease terms behind those numbers matter as much as the rent itself.
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Rockland County business licenses and permits: what you need before opening
There is no single county business license in Rockland. Approvals come from your town or village, the state, and sometimes the county — here is how the pieces fit.