STONY POINT RECEIVES $20,000 GRANT FROM SPECTRA ENERGY FOR TREE RESTORATION

STONY POINT RECEIVES $20,000 GRANT FROM SPECTRA ENERGY FOR TREE RESTORATION

Money will be used to replant trees disturbed by pipeline project The Town of Stony Point announced that it has received $20,000 from SPECTRA Energy to replace trees and other plantings that were disturbed during the installation of the company’s new gas pipeline. The grant comes in response to Supervisor Jim Monaghan and Councilman Tom […]

Veteran and Rookie Newcomers Bolster Mets

Frayed Arms & Reyes Returning   BY JOE RINI Like a bee on a mission of revenge, injuries have stung the Mets frequently in 2016 and manager Terry Collins has had to look beyond the Mets bench to Triple-A Las Vegas and outside the organization for replacements. The Rockland County Times spoke to two of these […]

ENERGY ADVOCATE SAYS INDIAN POINT PRECAUTIONS WERE WISE

To the Editor, Since when is safety-consciousness a bad thing? Those who oppose Indian Point like to shout that the brief precautionary shutdown of Indian Point 2 last week, shortly after it had reopened, indicated a risk to the public. In fact, precisely the opposite is true. For the past five years, the plant has received the […]

STONY POINT TOWN POOL OPENS JUNE 25; NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS IN EFFECT

The Town of Stony Point has announced that the town pool opens June 25, which is this Saturday. Beginning this summer the town will no longer accept registrations at the town pool. Residents must register Monday through Friday at the RHO Building (5 Clubhouse Lane). Playground Program registrations are only open until Monday, June 27, […]

It’s Summertime Hot. Children Shouldn’t Have to Die

BY DIANE DIMOND Three-year-old twins, children of a sheriff’s deputy, were found unresponsive inside the family pickup truck on a day temperatures were in the 90s. They were pronounced dead at the hospital. Summer has only just arrived, but already the annual death count has begun. Record-breaking temperatures have been registered across the country, and […]