Oswald the Grouch

Oswald the Grouch

Oswald Boncoeur has been identified as the West Haverstraw Grouch who has filed numerous complaints about children playing basketball in his street. At a recent village board meeting Boncoeur cited an arcane village regulation that banned all ball-playing in streets–even side streets like his own–and local parents are worried that their children might be barred […]

RAMAPO IMPROPERLY DENIES RCT FOIL REQUEST

Police sources tell the newspaper the town is fibbing Following the FBI raid on town hall in early May, Ramapo police made the unusual move of publicly announcing the overtime costs of an anti-Internet event held by persons within the Hasidic and Orthodox community at the ballpark in Pomona the following week. Police said over […]

Another Round of State Grants: Rockland Businesses Urged to Compete

(New City, NY) The Workforce Investment Board (WIB) of Rockland County today announced a contest to stimulate greater participation by Rockland County businesses in Round 3 of funding by the New York State Governor’s Regional Economic Development Council’s (REDC) Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) process. “I encourage the business community in Rockland County to apply early,” […]

Ricky Nelson Remembered at Westchester Broadway Theatre

Ricky Nelson Remembered at Westchester Broadway Theatre

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Using video clips and sound tracks of the famed Rock n’ Roll hall of famer and relating many stories of the Nelson family and Ricky’s career and performing many of his hits, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson received a standing ovation at the Elmsford theatre earlier this month in their second appearance […]

NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN

NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN

Orangetown’s new Stop & Shop on Rt. 303 hosted a ribbon-cutting June 7. The supermarket donated to local causes, including the police, Goodwill and the Blauvelt Lions Club, as a goodwill gesture.