Senior Helpers this week announced the official opening of its Rockland location, to be managed and operated by Brian Donohue. The new franchise will serve senior citizens and their families throughout Rockland and Orange Counties, which includes Suffern, Orangeburg, Nyack, West Nyack, New City, Congers, Piermont, Sloatsburg, and Tuxedo. It hopes to bring more than 50 new jobs to […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR Blauvelt area residents, environmentalists and Orangetown officials were equally shocked Tuesday, June 6 when they learned via the Internet that the town had settled its bitter court battle with the controversial Aluf Plastics Corp., despite the fact that the Town Board had told the Deputy Town Attorney in charge of […]
Shooter Opens Fire on Republicans Baseball Practice While practicing with the Republicans on Wednesday morning for a charity baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot. The alleged shooter, 66-year-old James Hodgkinson of Illinois, opened fire on the team’s practice after allegedly asking if the team was Democrats or Republicans. Scalise […]
This weekend June 16-18, 2017, Nyack will host the 12th annual Art Walk event, where local artists each create one art piece in their respective medium that speaks to a specific theme. Throughout the course of a weekend in June, artists will be present in various Nyack shops to meet, discuss, and sell their art. “The times they are a-changing” is the theme […]
The Shops at Nanuet will host a Summer Concert Series featuring a line up of national and regional talent for three concerts throughout the summer, kicking off Thursday, July 6. The Summer Concert Series is a free event. Guests are invited to bring their own lawn chairs to enjoy the entertainment. Refreshments will be available […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Anticipated to open last December, then early 2017 and then spring/summer 2017, the new Tappan Zee Bridge’s westbound span will open sometime later this year, unless plans change again. Its 3.1-miles connected Rockland and Westchester counties in late March, when the final and smallest section of structural steel was […]