The Clarkstown Town Board recognized the 7th grade St. Francis of Assisi A division girls basketball team for winning the CYO of the Archdiocese of NY JV Girls Basketball 2015-2016 State Champions title this week. The team ended the season with 17 undefeated games. Coaches: Greg Bacalles, Bill Stush and Maureen Shine Players: (alphabetical) Erin Bacalles, Kiera Doherty, Megan Hackett, Kristina Kearney, Maddy Moran, Jenny Palmer, Emma […]
Photo: Jane Zippilli Fonzie is a two-year-old DSH cat who came to the shelter as a stray. He does well with other cats and would do best in a home with kids 10 and older. The Fonz is still a kitten at heart and is very active so he’ll need a family that can keep […]
To the Editor, Climate change and its threat of extreme weather events loom dangerously, as we well know after seeing the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and the continuing extreme weather events across the country, caused by fossil fuel emissions. Additionally, these emissions are threatening the health of our elderly and young, especially the underserved, who […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Legislator Jay Hood Jr. said a session is being organized to provide residents and business owners with more information regarding the drinking water violations that have been reported by Suez New York. “The public wants more information and we will work to provide it,” Legislator Hood (D-Haverstraw) said. “I want […]
By Christian Halstead The New York-New Jersey Coalition Against the Pilgrim Pipeline (CAPP) has fought to stop the construction of the Pilgrim Pipeline, a proposed 168-mile long set of two crude and refined oil pipelines set to run from Albany to the Bayway Refinery in Linden, New Jersey since September 2014. Their advocacy has resulted […]
Palisades Interstate Parkway cops finally chased down Nanuet resident Michael DePalma in Fort Lee, NJ after he allegedly hit a car on the Palisades Parkway back near his Nanuet home. His victim did not take the offense lying down, instead following DePalma and hailing police. DePalma did not quit his fast car chase until just […]
