PRESS RELEASE O&R is planning to close about 700 feet of Montebello Road on Monday, Oct. 13 in order to complete curb-to-curb repaving of that section of the street that was excavated in August as part of a $2.4 million O&R project designed to make the area’s electric service more reliable. This project will improve […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column O’Grady sets school mark as Lady Spartans triumph; King sparks Blue Angels in volleyball  Powered by sophomore standout Katie O’Grady of Tomkins Cove, the St. Thomas Aquinas College women’s cross country team earned first-place honors at the NJIT Highlander Challenge at Branch Brook Park in Newark, N.J. O’Grady, a North Rockland […]
BY DIANE DIMOND In a rare convergence of opinion, dedicated cops and community activists, as well as prosecutors and defense attorneys, agree: To help keep the peace and restore community confidence in law enforcement, more cops should wear cameras. Police believe video evidence would help curb those who falsely cry, “Police brutality!” And civil rights […]
Senator Bill Larkin (R-C, Cornwall-on-Hudson) announced that he has secured $343,500 in anti-crime and domestic violence prevention funding for seven local law enforcement agencies, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Newburgh Enlarged City School District. Only one of the grants will assist Rocklanders, as the Town of […]
STORY & PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Nothing could upstage the massive I Lift NY crane that traveled north from lower Manhattan to the project site earlier this week save for one word: tolls. Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed that straight on when he joined community leaders, reporters and project officials in Piermont Monday to welcome the massive crane. […]
Free admission Open Studios and Exhibitions October 11-12 – Sat. 12-7; Sun. 12-5 p.m.   Artwork of 150 Artists in the Dye Works @ GARNER  IMAGESANDWORDS Exhibition Honoring Rockland Photographer, Ned  Harris in the Dye Works @ GARNER Student/Faculty Exhibition & 4 p.m. reception Art Workshops for Kids and Students of All Ages – Sat. & Sun. 12-4 p.m.  Self-guided Studio Tours and Installations, including GARNER’s Artist-in-Residence, […]