Next Tuesday evening, November 2, residents of Stony Point will learn if the sale of its municipal golf course has been approved or rejected. Stony Point resident/developer Raja Amar, who raised his family in Rockland and whose children attended North Rockland schools, has been on a rollercoaster with fellow residents who are divided on the […]
In the 50 years Hi-Tor Animal Shelter has served the county, it’s seen thousands of pets come through its doors hoping to find a forever home. The aging shelter, in desperate need of an overhaul, will finally get a much-needed reprieve, thanks to its legion of supporters and the County Legislature. County Executive Ed […]
Main Street in Nanuet was bumper-to-bumper people and strollers on Sunday as more 18,000 Rocklanders and visitors from around the region flocked to the Nanuet Chamber of Commerce’s Street fair. Cancelled last year due to the Pandemic, this year’s venue made up for last year’s loss. With more than 175 vendors participating, everyone was […]
Village of Airmont residents are facing a crisis of faith -both in their government and the U.S. Constitution. A dark cloud filled with foreboding hangs over the thousands who can’t comprehend why any village board would try to inject religious observances into civil law. By the 1970’s, New York had practically done away with observing […]
New Yorkers far and wide welcomed the news that Andrew Cuomo will be exiting the Executive Mansion by August 24, paving the way for Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul to become the first woman to govern the Empire State in its history. Hochul, a Buffalo native, has spent her entire career—save for a stint as a […]
Sloatsburg residents are wondering what will become of the village’s volunteer ambulance corps now that an unhappy chapter of its history has been written. Michael Gannon, former president of the Sloatsburg Ambulance Corps, entered a plea of guilty to second degree grand larceny, a felony, in Rockland County Court. He was charged with diverting more […]