By Citlalli Godinez Patrick Kivlehan, a former Rutgers star and West Nyack native is competing on the U.S. baseball team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. “I always thought the pinnacle would be playing in the big leagues until this opportunity presented itself,” said Kivlehan. There was no formal tryout process for the Olympic baseball team. […]
New City residents—and anyone else who loves to visit Cropsey Farm on Little Tor Road—have also been enjoying country breakfasts offered at neighboring Red Hill Nursery for many years. When owner David Hansen’s longtime friend Andrew Michael approached him with an idea to repurpose the old café on the nursery’s six acres and create […]
New York has joined the growing number of U.S. states that are reexamining how they conduct elections. On Monday July 19 Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a package of voting reforms intended to help voters, candidates and boards of elections “more easily perform their functions” according to a statement from the Governor’s office . First […]
Let’s get this out of the way right now, the Mets had a terrible weekend. They lost 2/3 games to a dismal Pirates team and if not for a 9th inning comeback on Sunday, it could’ve been three straight. The Mets played poorly, their closer Edwin Diaz can’t get anybody out currently and the kicker? […]
After weathering over a year of restrictions and inactivity, Rockland’s economy is still going strong, and investors are starting to notice. Increased tax revenue and prudent government spending have convinced a major credit rating service that the county’s economy has not only survived the pandemic, but will thrive in its absence. “The financial discipline practiced […]
Though rarely enforced, there was previously a passage in the state criminal code that made it a misdemeanor to cut or shave another person’s hair on a Sunday. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on July 13, repealing the provision. “This is the very definition of an archaic and meaningless law that makes little to no […]