Too Little, Too Late

Too Little, Too Late

Cuomo’s enforcement of virus restrictions is met with anger, hostility in Orthodox communities By Kathy Kahn   Six months ago–April 4, 2020, to be exact– County Executive Ed Day made an impassioned plea to Albany to create a “containment” zone in the Town of Ramapo and other CoV-19 “hot spots” in Rockland, similar to the […]

Vote to Dissolve Village of South Nyack Set for December 17

Vote to Dissolve Village of South Nyack Set for December 17

Months of speculation and concern over who was negotiating to purchase Nyack College’s sprawling campus overlooking the Hudson were answered mid-Summer: the former Christian college and its scenic campus, a landmark on the banks of the Hudson for 120 years, was purchased for a fire-sale price of approximately $44 million by Yeshiva Viznitz, based in […]

Orangetown Takes Part in Marketing HNA Palisades Center

Orangetown Takes Part in Marketing HNA Palisades Center

By Kathy Kahn   Four years ago, IBM sold its luxurious campus/conference center in the hamlet of Palisades for $59.6 million to China-based Hainan Airlines.  After renaming the campus HNA Palisades Center, the airline/hotel conglomerate put the property on the market in late 2017.  With CoV-19 effectively shutting down the entire hotel/conference industry, HNA began […]

Hanna Real Estate and Rand Realty Join Forces through New Partnership

Hanna Real Estate and Rand Realty Join Forces through New Partnership

    On Wednesday, Marsha Rand, founder and President of Rand Realty, and Helen Hanna Casey, CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, announced during a joint virtual meeting that the two real estate companies have joined forces in the creation of a new partnership in the Greater Hudson Valley region. The two company leaders […]

Rock Garden: Mum’s the Word

Rock Garden: Mum’s the Word

By: Patrick McLoughlin   With night temps dipping into the upper 30’s last week, many plants are preparing for the coming winter. Trees in the county are beginning to redden and tarnish with leaves soon to fall, adding to the list of lawn work that needs to be done. This time of year is good […]

Maureen McArden-Schulman Cuts Ribbon on Stony Point Campaign Headquarters

Maureen McArden-Schulman Cuts Ribbon on Stony Point Campaign Headquarters

By: Keith S. Shikowitz   Last week, McArden-Schulman opened a new campaign office on Route 9W in Stony Point. Welcoming her at the ribbon cutting were Stony Point Town Supervisor Jim Monaghan and Haverstraw Republican Committee Chair Ronny Diz, along with several supporters. “We’re working really hard making phone calls and reaching out to the […]