New Department of State Regulation: Chestnut Ridge Cease and Desist Zones in Effect

New Department of State Regulation: Chestnut Ridge Cease and Desist Zones in Effect

Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) this week announced that as of July 1, 2018, a new regulation went into effect to address aggressive real estate solicitation in the incorporated Village of Chestnut Ridge in Rockland County, NY. The regulation prohibits real estate brokers, real estate salespeople, and other persons regularly engaged in the buying and selling […]

SUEZ PROMOTES SUMMER CONSERVATION PROGRAM TO HELP CUSTOMERS SAVE WATER AND MONEY

SUEZ PROMOTES SUMMER CONSERVATION PROGRAM TO HELP CUSTOMERS SAVE WATER AND MONEY

Customers can participate to preserve resources with lawn watering program   SUEZ announced today that it is again offering a complimentary lawn watering education program called Evapotranspiration for customers in New York, Delaware and South Jersey.   Evapotranspiration (ET) is a measure of water loss from soil through evaporation and moisture loss from plant life […]

Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford Marks 44th Anniversary

Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford Marks 44th Anniversary

With Revival of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” Producers Scheduling More Musicals in 2019 and More Special Concerts BY GEORGE J. DACRE Westchester Broadway Theatre’s [WBT] co-producers Robert Funking along with William Stutler, put on their first show “Kiss Me Kate” on July 9, 1974, and learned soon after that musicals were what their audiences wanted.  […]

Hometown Happenings: Happiness: A Revolutionary Idea

Hometown Happenings: Happiness: A Revolutionary Idea

By Supervisor George Hoehmann If you think finding consensus in today’s America is difficult, we should all consider and be encouraged by the experiences that shaped us before we were a nation. The path to American Independence was hardly an easy one. The debate that took place among the Founders and the colonist population centered […]

Unsung Hero: Diane France, Volunteer Firefighter, Suffern Hose Company #1

Unsung Hero: Diane France, Volunteer Firefighter, Suffern Hose Company #1

BY BARRY WARNER Firefighters who fight structure fires have to deal with an additional challenge this week: the excessive heat wave. Firefighters wear heavy turnout gear that makes it difficult to stay cool. They have to be fully encapsulated with no area of skin exposed to blistering temperatures. Through mutual-aid or agreement with other departments, […]

Haverstraw Farmers Market

Haverstraw Farmers Market

Every Sunday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. across the street from Haverstraw Village Hall, you will notice a small farmers market. This Sunday, the market promoted the local children’s reading group and fresh produce from the Perez Farm. Javier Perez started his farm 10 years ago in Goshen, NY with his wife and […]