BY STEPHANIE GATES The SUEZ Foundation provided a $150,000 grant to put on a week long residence program at St. Thomas Aquinas College for the next three years. The SUEZ Leadership Institute To Introduce Students to Key Environmental Issues accepted 34 high school seniors and college freshman and sophomores who are interested in learning about […]
From AccuWeather Global Weather Center AccuWeather reports as July draws to a close, a storm system swinging up from the Deep South will bring downpours to the northeastern U.S. and break the back of an extended heat wave. Downpours will extend northeastward from the lower Mississippi Valley on Thursday into Thursday night. Locally gusty thunderstorms will erupt […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Clarkstown residents brought dozens of items of town history to Town Hall Saturday in the first of several planned collection days seeking artifacts of local history for use in celebrating the town’s 225th anniversary this fall. Clarkstown was created in 1791 when it and Ramapo split off from the Town […]
BY JERRY DEMARCO A grandmother of 10 who was already facing major drug charges in Rockland County was arrested after authorities said she sold Oxycodone to an undercover detective, Mahwah and Montvale, NJ police said Friday. Linda Famelico, 60, of Montvale, N.J., again posted bail — this time $20,000 — and was released from the Bergen […]
Photo credit: Jane Zippilli Spunky is a 2-year-old domestic short hair. Spunky was found as a stray and brought to Hi Tor. He loves to talk and play, is a very active cat and would do best in a house with older children. Spunky would probably be okay with other cats and dogs. He enjoys attention and […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Many of you already know that the Rockland Department of Health declared a Stage II water emergency last week and put in place water restrictions limiting how often lawns can be watered, among other water-saving steps. Since then, we’ve gotten a little rain, but not enough. We are hoping […]