BY KATHY KAHN BRiDGES, Rockland County Veteran Services Agency and the Department of Mental Health sponsored the county’s inaugural Veterans’ Conference at the HNA Palisades Center on June 13. Over 100 veterans attended the all-day conference and found a bevy of programs designed to inform, encourage and empower them. Returning to civilian life after combat […]
PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day congratulated six students who won the 26th annual Eleanor Burlingham Earth Day essay contest in an awards ceremony Thursday. Five of the students wrote about recycling and one wrote an essay about a tree her grandfather planted in her backyard. The winners were: Ramapo Central’s Viola Elementary School […]
Firehouse Subs announced the grand opening of its newest location at 4364 Palisades Center Dr. in the Palisades Center Mall on Monday, June 19, under the ownership of local business entrepreneur, Tejash Patel. Firehouse Subs, which was recently named No. 1 Overall Brand by Technomic’s Chain Restaurant Consumers’ Choice Awards, serves premium meats and cheeses […]
The grand opening of the “Festa di Maria Montevergine” was held at the Haverstraw King’s Daughter’s Library on Sunday, June 4. The exhibit is presented by Corinne McGeorge and Hudson Valley Exhibits, Inc. This celebration began in Italy in the early 1900s and was brought to this country by two brothers, Angelo and Charlie DeGiso, […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I’m not usually one to heap praise on big Hollywood productions. But I can’t help but feel proud of one of the top movies in theaters across the nation right now: “Megan Leavey.” This true story of a young woman from Valley Cottage whom I have had the […]
Haverstraw Erratic Driving Results in DWI On June 5, 55-year-old John O’Rourke of Theills was arrested on a DWI charge. At 2:25 a.m., he was observed by an officer as operating his car erratically. The officer stopped O’Rourke when he subsequently took field sobriety tests and a chemical test, revealing that he was intoxicated. He […]