NEW CITY, NY — County Executive Ed Day today recognized and heard from the winners of Rockland’s 23rd Annual Eleanor Burlingham Earth Day Essay Contest. The 2014 contest winners – local fifth grade students – read their works on the theme of exploring nature in Rockland County. “Thank you to this year’s students for submitting such colorful essays,” […]
To the Editor, On Monday, May 26 I attended a Memorial Day service at the Mount Repose Cemetery in Haverstraw. There was a formal program handed out for the ceremony. On the program the guest speaker was Chris Day. Chris is a decorated veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan and he gave a very moving […]
Nanuet senior Lilly Klaver was recognized with the 2014 “Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen” award. Supervisor Alex Gromack is pictured with Ms. Klaver.
BY BILL DEMAREST CENTRAL NYACK – A 48-year-old Central Nyack man has been arrested in connection with a robbery at a West Nyack convenience store and the theft of a van used by a Nyack animal rescue program, according to Clarkstown Police. The incident led to damage to the van, making it unusable, according to […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN An alternate boating route to the proposed channel in Piermont has been identified two months after residents and businesses lobbied project officials to reopen the Piermont Channel near Cornetta’s Restaurant & Marina. Instead, they said they found another access for boaters. “After meeting with marina owners and boating groups to hear their concerns, the […]
Dear Editor, Please help us save St. John’s Church in Piermont, NY. The Archdiocesan Advisory Board has made a preliminary recommendation that St. John’s merge with St. Ann’s in Nyack, resulting in a new parish name that combines both parishes. For the most part, ministry would be held at one site: St. Ann’s, so St. […]