This week, Congressman Mike Lawler announced the reintroduction of a bill to officially rename the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the “Paul Piperato Post Office Building.” Paul Piperato served as Rockland County Clerk for 15 years and worked tirelessly to improve county services. He developed a […]
Rockland Community College (RCC) is celebrating Black History Month with enriching and engaging events throughout the month of February with a focus on the theme “African Americans and Labor – Strength, Resilience, and Progress,” honoring the vital role Black workers have played in shaping the nation’s economic, social, and cultural landscape. From the forced labor […]
NY Basketball Midterms Bring A Mixed Bag of Grades.. On the weekend of the Super Bowl, the two basketball teams in town with massive aspirations to do big things come the Spring took center stage on Friday and Saturday Night respectively. On Friday night, St Johns traveled to Storrs Connecticut to take on UCONN, the […]
Good morning, Jon. I’m requesting your assistance in possibly identifying this antique Dodge City Marshal badge. I had purchased it sometime around 1970 from an antique store in New Mexico. I had completely forgot about it until I started reading your weekly column. A bell went off in my head. So, after searching high and […]
Orangetown is considering a rezoning application that could repurpose a long vacant piece of property. During a meeting last week, the town board deliberated on the Hudson Valley’s iCampus building proposal, the decreasing population of Orangetown, and the need for affordable housing, and zoning changes. Hudson Valley iCampus presented a preliminary proposal to repurpose Building 140 […]
Cynthia Hesdra: A Remarkable Life-From Slave to Millionaire Few people today may know the story of Cynthia Hesdra, a remarkable and successful former slave who resided in Rockland and died the equivalent of a millionaire in 1879. Her home was part of the famed “Underground Railroad” which had a location in Nyack and was a […]