ROCKLAND COUNTY OFFICIALLY OPENS CENTER FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY YOUTH

PRESS RELEASE District Attorney Thomas Zugibe, joined by Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland BOCES District Superintendent Mary Jean Marsico, Ed.D., launched the Rockland County Partnership For Safe Youth, a new initiative designed to enhance the effectiveness and productivity of services for local at-risk youth and their families. As part of the first-of-its-kind county/school […]

17-year-old Stony Pointer charged with felony possession of heroin

FROM STONY POINT PD On Tuesday, June 2, 2015, the Stony Point Police Department arrested a 17-year-old male after a routine traffic stop led to the discovery of 37 glassine envelopes of heroin. The teenager faces charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, a felony, and criminal possession of a […]

TIME Nyack Set to Open This Summer

TIME Nyack Set to Open This Summer

STORY AND PHOTO BY JANIE ROSMAN While Hampshire Hotels Management LLC did not say when its property at 400 High Avenue will start booking guests, it lists three choice job openings for the location. This time last year developer WY Management held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the NYLO Nyack, which the developer replaced on its […]

Unsung Heroes: New Store Partners with Community to Support Four-Legged Friends

Unsung Heroes: New Store Partners with Community to Support Four-Legged Friends

STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN and PHOTOS BY INA TIETJEN Shoppers in Rockland County have another way to help the Hudson Valley SPCA. Bloomingdeals! Blauvelt opened March 16 at 580 Route 303 South in the Lakeshore Shopping Plaza. Shoppers can browse gently-used women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, accessories and home goods “Our slogan is, ‘Where a […]

“START UP-NY” MIGHT FINALLY DO SOMETHING: Pfizer campus may soon welcome new company, barring “home rule” obstacles

BY KATHY KAHN California-based Industrial Realty Group may become the new owner of 200 acres of Pfizer’s 500-acre campus if Rockland’s small villages and towns-and START UP NEW YORK—work together to bring the company’s plans to fruition and give them the go-ahead on its plans to come to the mid-Hudson.  IRG is in negotiation for […]