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 […]

Eagle Bay Inches Forward

Eagle Bay Inches Forward

By Kathy Kahn A project on the Town of Stony Point’s waterfront has moved one tiny step closer to fruition after Town Planning Board members unanimously approved the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 40-acre marina property developer Eli Hershkowitz purchased for $6.7 million in 2017. The Thursday evening, September 24, planning board meeting […]

Nanuet Teen Co-founds Nonprofit to Teach American Sign Language

Nanuet Teen Co-founds Nonprofit to Teach American Sign Language

Two Academy of the Holy Angels students who connected over their lifelong interest in American Sign Language recently established “Sign with Gabi and Shiv.” Sophomores Gabriella Callaghan of Nanuet, New York, and Shivani Sahu of Paramus founded their non-profit as platform to educate people about ASL and deaf culture. Together, the students launched an Instagram […]

Haverstraw Meetings Resume in Public

Haverstraw Meetings Resume in Public

  By Keith S. Shikowitz The Town and Villages of Haverstraw are officially “open for business” –with CoV-19 restrictions in place —and municipal meetings are being held publicly after several months of having residents “Zoom” into the proceedings. Supervisor Howard Phillips began his remarks at the Town’s first in-person meeting by welcoming everyone back: “It’s […]

HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FIRST FLU VACCINE CLINIC FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, FROM 10 AM – 2 PM IN POMONA

HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FIRST FLU VACCINE CLINIC FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, FROM 10 AM – 2 PM IN POMONA

COUNTY PRESS RELEASE  Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that the Health Department has scheduled its first flu (influenza virus) vaccine clinic for the 2020-2021 flu season. This clinic is for everyone six months and older, and will be held on Friday, September 25, from 10 a.m. […]