Average retail gasoline prices in New York have risen 12.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.85/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 gas outlets in New York. This compares with the national average that has increased 14.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.48/g, according to gasoline price […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Just in time for 2013’s Valentine’s Day, Lynch’s Flowers has opened at 64 Route 9W in Haverstraw on February 1, beginning business as a local establishment with deep roots in the community. The shop is owned and operated by Jerry Lynch, a fourth generation North Rockland native from Haverstraw and one of […]
Rockland’s largest international grocery store is kaput! This week owners of the Foodmart International in Spring Valley suddenly abandoned the massive warehouse of groceries, leaving tons of food rotting. Village police and other village employees had to clean out of the store before a health hazard emerged. (click photo to enlarge) The decision to close […]
We’re over the “cliff,” now what? BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services If you’re anything like me, you’ve uttered the phrase “If only I had bought …. back then.” Well, back then may be right now. One of the major concerns for markets has been the pending fiscal-cliff and what tax rates […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The former site of the Stony Point Stop & Shop on South Liberty Drive will become the new site of an Aldi Supermarket as soon as the summer of 2013, according to Stony Point Town Supervisor Geoffrey Finn. Finn stated that the supermarket, which does not have an exact opening date as […]
Since February 2008 Stony Pointers have had to put up with a huge vacancy near the heart of their town. The formerly bustling Stony Point Center strip mall at 156-168 S. Liberty Dr. that was the home of Stop and Shop supermarket and several other stores has been mostly empty since Stop and Shop moved to […]