Mother Nature gave Rockland’s road and highway caretakers their first challenge of the season yesterday, dumping about an inch of frozen precipitation across the county overnight into the early hours Monday morning, a little over two inches reportedly in Chestnut Ridge. Monday’s commute didn’t appear to be affected all that much, and Rockland County Highway Superintendent Skip Vezzetti says local road crews should be well-prepared for future winter events…
Over in Clarkstown, Supervisor George Hoehmann says they have a new, bigger shed for stockpiling salt during the winter…
Hoehmann says the new salt shed cost about $700,000.