NEW CITY STREET FAIR NEXT WEEK

The New City Street Fair, sponsored by the New City Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Sunday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Main Street in downtown New City. The Street Fair will feature The Mighty Spectrum Band, amusements and rides, House of Bounce, karaoke, balloon artist, caricaturist and more.

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS ANNOUNCES NEW GREEN CEMETERY FUND

The Rockland Community Foundation has announced the addition of the following new fund to its portfolio: the Green Cemetery Fund. The Green Cemetery Fund has been created with the goal of establishing a sustainable alternative to conventional cemeteries, offering ecologically sound burial options and a natural return to earth. Each burial supports restoration and preservation […]

North Rockland Weirdness

North Rockland Weirdness

Apparently some voyeurs and trespassers of the properties at Letchworth Village in Haverstraw and Stony Point, believe artifacts found at the mostly-shuttered mental health facility and former home for the disabled, have market value. Seen here is a rubber CPR mask, described as “creepy,” that an Ebay user claims was found in the ruins of […]

POEM OF THE WEEK

BY HARRY WAITZMAN Tadpoles in Spring Ice cokes lazy brooks, streams Thaw and unwind across meadows, our only cow remembers my name and sings a song to Harry from deep within her bovine lungs as her calf pokes her swollen udders. I feel the weight of growing up with no mud on my sneaks, and […]

Stephanie’s Adventures in Singledom: Friends, Lovers, or Both

BY STEPHANIE DOLCE ** A Readers Request Post *** When an avid reader asks me to write something to help them with their relationships issues, I gladly will do anything I can to help answer a readers questions. One question I received is what are my thoughts about friends fooling around. There is a term […]

Hundreds of pounds of prescription meds voluntarily handed over thanks to Operation: Medicine Cabinet

Hundreds of pounds of prescription meds voluntarily handed over thanks to Operation: Medicine Cabinet

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The Rockland County Sheriff’s Department announced on Tuesday it was experiencing continued success with this year’s Operation: Medicine Cabinet, a program which allows residents to turn in unused or expired prescription drugs with no questions asked. The program, a collaborative effort between the Sheriff’s Department, District Attorney’s Office and […]