The sun was shining in Blauvelt on Saturday, May 18th, as runners and walkers gathered together to participate in the Sisters of Saint Dominic Fifth Annual Nun Run/Walk 5K. This annual 5K event, which features a course that starts and finishes at St. Dominic Convent, has become a favorite local race in Orangetown. Gary Holland […]
By Supervisor George Hoehmann Throughout the coming weekend we thank all our veterans, but we will honor and pause to remember those who did not come back and remain frozen in time, eternally young. It is our duty to never let them be forgotten. It is the duty of the living to always honor and […]
NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert remind residents that as you welcome the warmer weather and spend more time outside, be sure to protect yourself from tick bites. May is Lyme Awareness Month and that this is the time when ticks start making their […]
Discovering silverfish in the shower may not be pleasant, but Academy of the Holy Angels freshman Natasha Dhanrajani managed to turn the encounter on its ear by seeing the scene as a piece of live art. The result was “Silverfish,” an evocative nonfiction piece that now appears in “Scrawl: Rockland Teens Write 2019.” Published through […]
BY JOE KUHN Would you like to get rid of bed bugs in your home before you’re even sure they’re there? If that’s the case you’ll want to contact ABC of K9 Bed Bug Detection, a bed bug screening service that uses highly trained sniffer dogs to preemptively root out the parasites. The company has […]
BY KATHY KAHN SUEZ recently announced that it hopes to move its headquarters to Old Mill Rd. in West Nyack on property currently owned by Tilcon. The water company’s first public hearing for the project on May 8 brought stiff opposition from the public, particularly Suez’s plan to store gas tanks that could be tapped […]