BY VINCENT ABBATECO On Sunday, October 6, the Shear Magique hair studio in Pomona held its 1st Annual Lucille Sabino Cut-a-thon, an event to raise proceeds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “My feeling was because what we do for a living, we provide a service,” said salon owner Lenore Quiroga. “I felt because breast cancer […]
BY BARRY WARNER On Sunday October 13, The Nyack Hospital Foundation 5K Run/Walk event began and ended on the grounds of the Hospital, as 300 people participated in the ‘Blow Away Breast Cancer’ campaign. October is ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’ and the activity was part of a concerted effort to promote breast health cognizance in […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN I slip around stalks of goldenrod and wave to bumblebees. Kerplonk! I’m one unhappy bullfrog grumping in Congers Lake. A red-tailed hawk wheels above me as rows of apple trees green the horizon. The new moon climbs like a monkey as cicadas sing arias. A silver-haired conductor hums and gyrates, thrashing his […]
Residents offer cautious support, hearing to be continued BY CHERYL SLAVIN A lively and lengthy discussion took place Tuesday night at Suffern Town Hall as residents, elected officials and a prospective developer shared information and debated divergent viewpoints about the proposed zoning change and subsequent development of Suffern’s urban renewal district bordered by Orange Avenue […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board was pleased with itself three weeks ago when it announced that it would keep its property tax increase to only 1.9 percent next year, meaning the town would just barely skirt New York State’s mandate to keep tax hikes to 2 percent or […]
YouTube video of traffic stop on Palisades Parkway in Rockland prompts official statement HAVERSTRAW – A YouTube video taken in Rockland County has prompted State Police to say they are not specifically targeting motorcyclists for enforcement efforts as a result of an incident in New York City involving a large group of motorcyclists and an […]