BY CHERYL SLAVIN Every day is Veterans Day for Anngela Vasser-Cooper, founder and CEO of the advocacy organization Women Veterans Association of Hudson Valley, Inc. An army veteran and a social worker, she knows only too well the daily challenges facing military personnel—and particularly, female personnel—returning from active duty at home or abroad. She founded […]
BY LEGAL LARRY Last week, a Federal Court dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Village of Spring Valley that claimed the village violated a person’s civil rights by engaging in a pattern of overlooking civil rights abuses by its police officers. The suit also claimed the village failed to train and supervise its police officers […]
Branches in New City and Suffern have exceeded expectations, says HVB BY KATHY KAHN Five years into Hudson Valley Bank’s official entry into the Rockland marketplace with its first branch in New City in 2007 and the opening of a second branch in Suffern in 2012, HVB’s Senior Vice President John Bartolotta says the bank […]
House fire in Spring Valley results in minor injury to resident A fire in Spring Valley led to minor damage to a home and injuries to one individual which were treated at the scene, but did not require hospitalization. The fire occurred just past 1 p.m. on November 3. Police responded to the fire report […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE “Inlaws, Outlaws and Other People that Should be Shot,” a new comedy that proves you can pick your friends but you are stuck with your family. Produced by The North Rockland High School Players at North Rockland High School Friday, Saturday, November 8 & 9 and 15 and 16 all at […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN What takes less than five minutes to do but can net Rockland homeowners an average of $700 a year in tax savings? The answer is as easy as the process—re-register for the Basic STAR property tax exemption program, New York State’s school property tax relief program. As originally conceived in the late […]