To the editor, The Stony Point supervisor and town board want to place two large electronic billboards in the town, claiming it will “better inform residents of town news and serve the public good.” But will a change in the town law instead add visual clutter to Route 9W and our major intersections and detract […]
To the Editor, The day of reckoning has come. We finally have a county executive [Ed Day] who is a strong leader, who has put together a fiscally responsible budget for Rockland County. The county must operate within its means, no longer can the county tax and spend, which put us over $100 million in debt […]
Former New City resident Rachel Rhee will be among those walking with her team Rachel’s Rockstars Sunday, October 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Provident Bank Ball Park in Pomona, the Rockland Boulders stadium to “Strike Out Diabetes.” Rachel, the granddaughter of Anthony and Emma Goei, has type one diabetes and has to prick […]
On September 29, Oak Beverages, a leading New York-Metropolitan area wholesale beer and beverage distributor based in Blauvelt, was a sponsor for the “Welcome to New York” event for National Football League player Eric Decker and his wife, American country pop singer-songwriter, Jessie James Decker. Decker, a wide receiver formerly with the Denver Broncos, recently […]
BY ALEX KEZEK The Orchards of Concklin celebrated the autumn season with their annual two day Harvest Festival. The festival included face and pumpkin paintings, giant blow up slides, pictures with various characters, and also featured the River Acoustic Band. The market was supplied with their famous apple cider beverage, cider donuts, cookies and many […]
Rockland County’s Letchworth Village was the scene of the story that earned Geraldo Rivera national fame, as he uncovered poor living conditions there and at Staten Island’s Willowbrook facility. This weekend Geraldo Rivera will be back in the county with a different journalistic motive. He will interview Anne Frank’s stepsister Eva Schloss at 5 p.m. […]