DEPT OF HEALTH PRESS RELEASE County Executive Ed Day and the Rockland County Department of Health encourage residents to put on your walking shoes and join experienced Rockland County Trail Guide Docents on a variety of free local guided walks. “We hope County residents take advantage of this great chance to explore our beautiful, natural […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column Mullings dreams of world title, hopes to win bigger fight Boxing contender Sakima Mullings, a Spring Valley High School graduate who earned a college degree from SUNY New Paltz, is trapped on the ropes, so to speak, in his native country of Jamaica – trapped by a crime in Rockland […]
Just in time for back-to-school, MSG Varsity has announced that it will cover more than 400 high school sports games this school year, beginning with more than 125 match-ups in the fall. All games will stream LIVE on MSGVarsity.com and MSG Varsity’s iOS mobile application, and will be available on-demand on Optimum TV Channel 614. […]
BY BARRY WARNER The first Sunday after Labor Day was designated as National Grandparents’ Day in 1978 when President Jimmy Carter signed an official proclamation. The special day had the following purposes: to honor grandparents everywhere; to give grandparents the opportunity to show love for their grandchildren and great-grandchildren and to help children become aware […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Zoning changes designed to promote economic development dominated the conversation both before and during the Stony Point Town meeting Tuesday night. Town planner Max Stach of the Turner Miller Group presented two preliminary studies—one for the waterfront, and one for the Letchworth Village property—as the first steps towards making changes that would […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Should a town official be able to be elected and re-elected unlimited times? That was the question at the town board meeting in Clarkstown on September 9, 2014. There was a public hearing about a proposed local law entitled, “Term Limits – Chapter 263 of the Town of Clarkstown.” With this […]