Ice, Ice Baby! The Knickerbocker Ice Festival Returns to Clarkstown It’s hard to imagine now, but Rockland Lake was once the site of one of the largest and most successful industrial operations in the Hudson Valley. Prior to the widespread availability of household refrigeration in the early 1920s, ice harvesting was a major industry in […]
The Open Space Institute (OSI) has been awarded nearly $1 million in grants through New York State’s Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC) to complete significant projects at two of the state’s premier outdoor recreation destinations: most notably for Rockland, the popular Reeves Meadow Trail Network in Harriman State Park. “We are grateful to Governor Kathy […]
Grafton Thomas, 43, of Orange County, New York, has been declared incapacitated after another order of retention was signed by the Honorable Kevin F. Russo in Rockland County Court. The Office of Mental Health filed an application earlier this month seeking an order for the continued retention of Thomas, based on findings that, due to […]
The Clarkstown Town Board has advanced an unprecedented code enforcement legislative package at the January 13, 2026 meeting. Unanimously, Supervisor Hoehmann and the Town Council moved four measures that will substantially increase Clarkstown’s code enforcement strength and capabilities. This effort builds on the aggressive code enforcement efforts that the town has taken under Supervisor Hoehmann’s […]
Bluefield Camp Girls at Hook Mountain Bathing Beach Nyack, N.Y. Circa 1913-1917 The image features a group of Y.W.C.A. campers from Camp Bluefield wading in the Hudson River at Nyack Beach. After the Blauvelt Rifle Range was abandoned by the New York Guard in 1913, it was used as the site for a summer camp […]
Last Tuesday, the Nanuet Chamber of Commerce awarded the Nanuet Civic Association and Nanuet-West Nyack Rotary Club with the Partnership in Progress (PIP) Award. This award recognizes exceptional contributions to the community. The Nanuet Civic Association was founded to promote neighborhood unity and civic awareness. The association also organizes beautification projects and serves as a […]