SCENES OF ROCKLAND
BY TOM MCGUIRE Car crashes through wall of Chase Bank in Garnerville (again).
Pilgrim Pipelines Meeting September 22
FROM WRCR.COM Scenic Hudson, RiverKeeper, and partners will be presenting information about the alleged threat the Pilgrim Pipelines poses to local communities. The presentation will take place Thursday September 22, 6:30 p.m. at Rockland Community College. The two proposed pipelines comprising the Pilgrim project would carry up to 400,000 gallons of petroleum a day between […]
Monsey Man faces murder-for-hire charges
Monsey man, Binyamin Gottlieb was arrested on September 6 and charged with being involved in a kidnap and murder scheme. Gottlieb, 33, allegedly conspired with 55-year old Rabbi, Aaron Goldberg and 25-year old, Shimen Libowitz to kidnap and murder a Brooklyn man who refused to provide his estranged wife a religious necessary for a divorce […]
TAXI CUSTOMER FROM HELL: City man arrested for holding knife to female cabbie’s throat
Clarkstown PD has charged a Manhattan man with second degree assault and second degree kidnapping for allegedly holding a knife to the throat of a 27-year-old female Prestige Taxi cab driver and demanding she take him to New York City for free. Officers from CPD arrested 30-year-old Joshua Bray of Manhattan on the aforementioned […]
400 YEARS OF HAVERSTRAW: THE 2016 HISTORIC HOMES & LANDMARKS TOUR
In 1616, the name “Haverstroo” made its first known appearance on a Dutch map. In 2016, the Historical Society of Rockland County and the Town of Haverstraw will present “400 Years of Haverstraw,” a self-guided Historic Homes & Landmarks Tour that will highlight many aspects of the town’s history. The tour will take place on […]
Rivertown Film turns 15
The Nyack-based group “Rivertown Film” is marking 15 years of cinema appreciation this month. To celebrate, Rivertown has curated a program for this fall that organizers describe as “unlike anything else you’ll see in the county.” A mélange of documentary and narrative, culminating on Friday, October 28 with a Halloween screening of the 1931 version of “Frankenstein” […]