Chipper Jones Honored by Mets and “Mr. Shea Stadium” BY JOR RINI The dream of playing baseball for the hometown team is real for any Dad who has soft tossed a ball to his young son holding a plastic bat or 10-year old boy who’s homered in his backyard to win a World Series. In […]
Town of Clarkstown Police arrested three young teenagers in the early hours of Tuesday morning after they allegedly smashed several cars parked at the Heritage Drive condominium complex in New City, police said. At approximately 3 a.m. Clarkstown Police arrived on the scene after a resident reported he heard the sound of glass breaking and […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE On stage through October 4 Director of “Living Out” Kathy Gnazzo says we sometimes forget that undocumented workers have a human face; that they are, in fact, “just people.” The play, running through October 4 at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack, depicts mainly the life of young immigrant women who work as […]
BY SARA GILBERT Emotions run hot at board meeting over Tax Assessor O’Shaughnessy The Stony Point’s town board met on Wednesday, September 12 to congratulate the little and senior league champions, hear public concerns and address regular business. The meeting got underway with public input, and with a full room it took awhile to hear […]
MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Legislature met last Wednesday for their regular meeting to discuss the financial situation of the troubled Summit Park Hospital, and several agenda items. The Legislature voted to receive and file a management letter concerning the hospital’s financial situation, written by audit firm KPMG and presented by Edward Lee, a partner […]
BY JAMIE KEMPTON The old Sparkill firehouse on Union Street served for six decades as a bastion of public safety and hub of civic life in this close-knit Orangetown hamlet. Today, as the Union Arts Center, the building is poised to reclaim its role as a focal point and community gathering place for Sparkill’s residents […]