Associates featured on a special-edition Cheerios box sold exclusively at ShopRite stores; Garnerville Shop-Rite also recognized Stony Point, NY – During September’s National Hunger Awareness Month each year, ShopRite associates band together to raise help and hope for the hungry in a friendly competition that spans across six states. Sponsored by ShopRite and General Mills, this […]
UPDATE—Victim identified An elderly North Rockland man who loved the river and boating, 93-year-old Francis McKiernan of Haverstraw, was found dead on the shores of the Hudson River near Haverstraw Elks Club, Thursday. Family members said he may have been by the docks checking one of his sailboats and fallen into the river. Police have come to […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Garnerville – Now that Sparky’s Diner in Garnerville has been confirmed as a filming location the latest film collaboration between Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, the restaurant and surrounding community have shown enthusiasm and eagerness for information on the shoot. Filming for “True Story,” which will likely begin in early April, is […]
If the New York Assembly proves victorious there will be no fracking in New York until at least May 2015 as a two-year moratorium has been passed by the body pending further studies of the safety of the drilling technique. Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is an efficient means of extracting natural gas from shale […]
PEARL RIVER, NY March 6, 2013 1 p.m. — O&R has declared a company-wide Storm Watch today in anticipation of a significant storm system’s hitting the region today and continuing through Thursday into Friday. Local weather forecasters are predicting heavy rain, changing to snow and high winds for today through Friday. O&R Emergency Response Operations […]
Day runs with Fried’s idea while Schoenberger says they both have it wrong Democratic county executive candidate David Fried announced yesterday a plan to reduce Rockland County’s legislature from 17 to 11 members. He’s now received support from an unexpected source: fellow county executive candidate Republican Ed Day, a sitting legislator. Day said he is […]