BY MICHAEL CAHILL CORRECTION In the previous posting of this article, it was written that Marge Hook resigned from volunteering at the shelter in 2003. This information is incorrect. Marge Hook resigned in 2010 after having been a volunteer since 1990. Several county legislators announced last week that they are sponsoring a resolution that would […]
BY EVAN WECHMAN It was a fun and festive atmosphere on Wednesday evening, March 14, 2012, near the train station at the intersection of Orange and Lafayette Avenues. Over 1,000 people celebrated and cheered on the New York State High School Hockey Champions. The prior Sunday, the Suffern High School Mounties Ice Hockey team won […]
Perfect weather predicted for big party The 50th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pearl River, the second largest in New York State, got even more exciting when it was announced that newly appointed Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of the Diocese of New York, will be in town for the event. The Archdiocese has not […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The new Wayne Hose Company “sub-station” or Firehouse #2 on the corner of Rt. 210 and Central Highway in Stony Point has opened and volunteers are excited. After years of discussion and saving money away, construction started December 2010 and just finished up this past weekend. Fire Commissioner Chairman Bruce MacRae said, […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL A Pomona man was killed in the parking lot of Shoprite Plaza in Garnerville on Sunday, police said. According to police, the man Leonardo Alvarez, 76, of Pomona was struck and killed by an SUV on Sunday afternoon while exiting the store. Alvarez was taken to Nyack hospital where he was pronounced […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES New York State is pulling out all the stops to speed up the replacement of the 57-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge, officials told standing-room-only crowds of Rockland and Westchester residents last week. The pace has picked up so dramatically that construction of steel and concrete columns to support […]