Sweepstakes casinos have entered the spotlight as fresh alternatives to traditional online gambling. They combine social interaction, mobile access, and low-risk play in ways that fit the habits of younger audiences. They appeal to a new generation that values fun, convenience, and connection more than high stakes or complex betting systems. As digital entertainment evolves, […]
After reading your wonderful column for years, I finally got the nerve to write to you about a painting that I inherited about 40 years ago. In your profession, are there times when you spend a great deal of time trying to figure out the artist’s signature? Well, that is my dilemma. Not only have […]
Dear Editor, I’m a high school student concerned about the growing presence of litter, particularly plastic waste, in Rockland County. As a Keep Rockland Beautiful litter clean-up volunteer, I can attest to the astounding number of garbage bags filled in a short period containing single-use plastic water bottles, to-go food containers and bags. New […]
Ice, Ice Baby! The Knickerbocker Ice Festival Returns to Clarkstown It’s hard to imagine now, but Rockland Lake was once the site of one of the largest and most successful industrial operations in the Hudson Valley. Prior to the widespread availability of household refrigeration in the early 1920s, ice harvesting was a major industry in […]
The Open Space Institute (OSI) has been awarded nearly $1 million in grants through New York State’s Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC) to complete significant projects at two of the state’s premier outdoor recreation destinations: most notably for Rockland, the popular Reeves Meadow Trail Network in Harriman State Park. “We are grateful to Governor Kathy […]
Bluefield Camp Girls at Hook Mountain Bathing Beach Nyack, N.Y. Circa 1913-1917 The image features a group of Y.W.C.A. campers from Camp Bluefield wading in the Hudson River at Nyack Beach. After the Blauvelt Rifle Range was abandoned by the New York Guard in 1913, it was used as the site for a summer camp […]