To the Editor, New York state Senate bill, S2939, which will create a mechanism for the reunification of brothers and sisters who were separately adopted as children, and are now adults, was reported from the New York state Senate Children and Families Committee this week. Because it is late in the 2017 legislative session, the […]
On Sunday, June 11 the Haverstraw Police Athletic League hosted the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Badges for Baseball clinic, co-sponsored by the Town of Haverstraw and SUEZ Foundation. This is a program where Town of Haverstraw police officers and other law enforcement officials are matched with local youth for a sports clinic. Using baseball and other […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE– Longtime Rockland Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan has announced that he will retire at the end of the year, the County Executive’s Office stated in a press release this week. Donnellan has served the county and countless veterans as chief of the Veteran’s Agency for 30 years. He is taking a medical […]
The Rockland GOP held its annual convention Monday night, announcing nominees for 22 seats up for election this November. County Executive Ed Day gave the keynote address. The convention proceeded without great controversy, not always a guarantee. In countywide races, the GOP nominated Ed Day for a second term as county executive and Michael Koplen […]
BY BRIAN EDSALL Instead of avoiding the rain on Sunday, June 4, 1,000 or so people put on their rain jackets, grabbed their umbrellas and walked through downtown Haverstraw to partake in The Flavors of Haverstraw Food Crawl, organized by Haverstraw RiverArts. The food crawl included over 15 restaurants that participants could visit to sample […]
High honors for three Rockland BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) students who were awarded college scholarships from the O’Grady-Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund. The scholarships were established in memory of Nyack police Sgt. Edward O’Grady and Officer Waverly “Chipper” Brown, killed in the 1981 Brinks robbery. Congratulations to Mary Callan (Criminal Justice, North Rockland), […]