BY STEPHANIE DOLCE Nothing that happens today surprises me, usually. But when a guy friend of mine tells me that an acquaintance we both know is getting married only after dating for one month, the word that goes off in my head is the word that most get defensive when you call them this. The […]
Chicken slaughterhouse making a comeback, many lawmakers vow to oppose plan A proposed $3 million chicken slaughterhouse is one step closer to being constructed in the Village of New Square as Adir Poultry submitted a 30-page environmental impact summary and the New Square Board of Trustees is mulling over a time for a public hearing […]
The regime of new mayor Demeza Delhomme has shook the Village of Spring Valley, with angst! BY MICHAEL RICONDA I new iconoclastic mayor has done for Spring Valley what even a federal indictment of the prior mayor could not do: awakened the community. Mayor Demeza Delhomme took office over six weeks ago apparently on a […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN PHOTOS BY TOM McGUIRE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED “Palisades welcomes two new residents,” bird watcher and enthusiast David Gottlieb wrote for Palisadesny.com in 2012. “A pair of bald eagles have built a huge nest on an old white pine in Sneden’s Landing overlooking the Hudson River. They can be seen soaring above the […]
Rockland County Legislature Chairman Alden H. Wolfe has announced the County Legislature’s standing committee chairs for 2014. Legislator Michael Grant has been reappointed for a second term to chair the Budget and Finance Committee; Legislator Ilan Schoenberger was reappointed to chair the Planning and Public Works Committee, a task he performed in 2013, 2003 and […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column Spartans run to success, set conference crown as goal The Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, whose next stop is the Armory in upper Manhattan on January 18 for the NYU Saturday Night Shootout, are keeping their eyes on the ultimate prize this track and field season. “We’re […]