WEST NYACK, NY — Rockland BOCES wrapped up its 55th year of serving the community this month with a series of graduation and completion ceremonies celebrating the achievements of more than 1,000 youth and adult learners. “We are so proud of what our students have accomplished this year,” said Rockland BOCES Chief Operating Officer Mary […]
SUBMITTED BY STEPHANIE GATES Rockland officials announced this week that there is a known cousin to the Zika Virus-carrying mosquito living in the Rockland County and New York City Area. This cousin is not known to carry the virus but the Department of Health of Health is urging residents to take precautions against mosquitos. With […]
Ramapo Hillcrest Woman Arrested for DWI On Tuesday July 5 at approximately 11 p.m., a Ramapo Police Department officer stopped in Hillsdale to check on a car on the side of the road. The officer found keys still in the ignition, the engine running and the driver passed out in the driver’s seat. […]
After negotiations, the Rockland County Legislature has decided to seek bids from all parties interested in purchasing the county-owned Sain Building at 18 New Hempstead Road in New City. County Executive Ed Day had wished to proceed with the current deal on the table for $4.5 million, $500,000 over the projected $4 million sale of […]
BY STEPHANIE GATES So-called “vape culture” is sweeping through the youth of the nation with very little regulation of how vape smoke is made and even less research into its effects on human beings. Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), otherwise known as e-cigarettes, vape pens, hookah pens, or vape mods, can be used to smoke […]
The Mountain House, Sparkill, NY By Col. Andrew J. Smith My favorite pizza place of all time will always be Annie’s Snack Shack which was in Stony Point for 55 years. It is so hard to believe that it is gone for nearly ten years already. But lacking Annie’s my favorite now is the Mountain […]