At approximately 3:45 p.m. Monday the Clarkstown Police Department responded to a three vehicle accident on Rt. 303 and Storms Road in Valley Cottage. The vehicles involved in the accident were two trucks and one car. A male driver of one of the vehicles did not survive the severe injuries he suffered as a result of the accident. […]
Rockland County will be safer thanks to a grant for $558,588 from the New York State Office for Homeland Security.Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland Sheriff Louis Falco signed a resolution Monday to accept the funds, which will be used for the County’s counter-terrorism teams. The state grant will help Rockland County be better prepared in […]
BY MARC MATURO Proving once again—not that any proof is needed—that games are played on the field and not on paper, the Pearl River High School football team took the measure of rival Tappan Zee, 21-14, in the annual Orange Bowl, held this year at the victor’s confines on an unusually hot and humid afternoon. […]
Europeans are known around the world for taking long vacations, and while to everyone else it may seem frivolous, it turns out that there may actually be a method behind their madness. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, more vacation leads to more productive workers. And it’s no coincidence, as nine out of […]
Story and photos by Janie Rosman Education, art, safety, fun, fitness and live entertainment convened at the first Great Nyack Get-Together last Saturday. Sixty nonprofit groups, each with an interactive activity, highlighted services provided by the village and its neighboring towns and villages. From an idea planted last February, the volunteer committee — co-chaired […]
BY JOE KUHN WEST NYACK- There was a palpable sense of optimism in the air at the Manhattan Woods Golf Club last Monday as the local club hosted the sixth annual UNICEF Golf Classic. Golfers, philanthropists, and even a few retired NY Giants, gathered from across the state for a day of friendly competition; their goal to […]