Using the media to get out the message BY KATHY KAHN It’s a great place to live, work and play, but in order to get more companies to take a look at the New York’s smallest but strategically located county, Rockland’s Economic Development Corporation is using the media to get out the message. Michael DiTullo, […]
Will gambling grow on Rockland’s border? BY KATHY KAHN Asia’s largest casino operator received on Monday night what it came to the Town of Tuxedo for: A letter of consent to build a “four season resort with a gambling component.” Tuxedo’s town board, in a 3-2 decision, gave Genting the go-ahead. Residents are clearly divided […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN On May 29 the Stony Point Police Athletic League will be hosting a 300 Club fundraiser at the Patriot Hills Club House from 5 to 8 p.m. According to Detective Andrew Kryger, the head of the Stony Point Police Department Youth Bureau, the primary goal of the event is to raise money […]
Nyack welcomes another new eatery—with a twist BY KATHY KAHN Love craft beers, specialty deli items or just need to pick up a container of milk? Dawn Herschko and Harvey Weissman have combined all of that and more at their new home away from home on South Broadway. The Playhouse Market, which was vacant for […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN President Barack Obama was in Tarrytown Wednesday to talk money and infrastructure, and where better than at the Hudson River’s three-mile-span. “Behind me is the old Tappan Zee Bridge, the longest bridge in New York,” Obama said in his 16-minute speech at Sunset Cove Restaurant near the familiar backdrop. “At times you can see […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA HAVERSTRAW – A memorial dedicated to Haverstraw residents who served in World War II has been in place for some time in Haverstraw Bay Memorial Park, but now there will be a tangible reminder of the identities of the men who made the ultimate sacrifice. A bronze memorial plaque which lists the […]