NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day today awarded the Key to the County to a Pearl River man who helped apprehend a suspected terrorist in New York City. William V. Harris IV – known as Billy – was the third Rockland County resident to receive the award, which was presented at the […]
How did this Thanksgiving Day celebration begin? The Spectator delved through some dusty history tomes and this is what can be reconstructed: Indian Chief: “Those silly guys with the black hats, white bibs and patent leather shoes have surely ruined the neighborhood.” Squaw: “They’re not too bright. Did you see how the captain smacked […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day It’s especially fitting that as my first term as County Executive comes to an end and I plan for the second, we are getting ready to turn the lights off at the Sain Building. It’s fitting because the Sain Building represents both the difficulties of our past and the […]
Yonkers Raceway has named Robert (Cammie) Haughton to the newly-created position of director of Racing. Haughton, 57, was serving as the Raceway’s racing consultant. He is a former presiding judge at both the Meadowlands and Yonkers. The son of Hall of Famer Billy Haughton also worked as assistant race secretary at Saratoga Raceway after his […]
BY COL. ANDREW J. SMITH I decided to venture outside of Rockland County for the November edition of “Dinner is Served. I chose a place I have driven past for ages and always wanted to stop and try: The Barnstormer BBQ on Route 9W in Fort Montgomery. Owned by Jeff Provan of the well-known Provan […]
To the Editor, This administration is a year-old and still we have no secretary of the Army. Congress blames the president — the president blames Congress. They’re both acting like little kids in the schoolyard fighting over something stupid. While they roll around in the dirt our Army is being seriously weakened. Further, that neither […]