Festival to Draw Thousands for Weekend of Culture, Food and Family Fun The community of Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church invites the public to celebrate Greek culture June 1-4 at the annual Greek Festival in West Nyack, the largest cultural celebration in Rockland County. Thousands of visitors pass through the four-day festival each year, […]
By Kathy Kahn NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, guest speaker at the Rockland Business Assn. May 18 luncheon, praised its Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council’s two members, President of Rockland Community College, Dr. Cliff Wood (retiring June 30) and RBA President/CEO, Al Samuels. With credited courses and apprenticeships/internships geared toward creating a viable education/employment program, theirs […]
Mounties mine gold on track, look to state qualifier They only recently captured gold at the prestigious Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, and since last year, a talented quartet of Suffern High School track standouts have come this close to breaking the school standard in the 4×400 relay, not once, not twice, but three times. […]
Suffern Men Involved in Robbery with Gang Member A gang member, Wilbur J. Barahona, from Ridgewood admitted to a carjacking, kidnapping and leaving a cab driver for dead after robbing a Hawthorne bar with four fellow crew members. He told a U.S. District Court Judge that he and the other 18th Street Gang members got […]
Your weekly forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello, Rockland County! Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, and with that said, numerous towns and villages are having outdoors observances throughout the weekend, so let’s get right to the forecast. For Friday, you can expect unsettled conditions with the chance for showers throughout the day. You can thank […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day For years, much of Rockland has watched in shock as Ramapo, the county’s largest town, has been overrun by out-of-control, often reckless development. High-density housing, illegal schools, businesses without permits all allowed to flourish, all seemingly without regard for any kind of planning. How could such things happen? Wasn’t […]