The Town of Ramapo has completed  Phase 1 of a new initiative intended to reduce energy use and increase public safety. On Tuesday August 8, the town took the first steps toward implementing the Smart Streetlight project, which involved the removal and replacement of older streetlights with   LED streetlights equipped with intelligent sensors and remote monitoring […]
Brianna Brass was always interested in beauty. She was 7 when she began offering services, such as pedicures at a very reasonable price of only $3, to friends and family during Thanksgiving. “When it was time to kind of put funny ironic childhood money-gaining skills into practice, skincare and aesthetics was that route I […]
Over the past 68 years, millions of people may well have noticed a concrete barge wreck in the Hudson, 110 yards off Nyack Memorial Park. She has been there since January 1955, and was originally placed there as part of a scheme to extend the Nyack Memorial Park by 4 acres by way of infill of concrete […]
Friday marks National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. Sara and Vinnie Cann, the founders of Birdie’s Batch, a mother-daughter duo that sells jams and old-fashion classic baked goods from heirloom recipes, spoke with the Rockland County Times to share the secret behind a good chocolate chip cookie. “Sara developed the recipe for the Mega Chocolate […]
We Fight Like a Girl will be hosting their ninth annual fundraiser for Young Survival Coalition at Hudson’s Mill, located at 55 W. Railroad Ave. Building 19 in Garnerville, on October 13. YSC is an international movement that connects communities of young adults impacted by breast cancer locally, nationally and internationally while providing free […]
On Sunday, July 30, the Orangetown Police Department was notified of a body found in the water near the boat launch at the Nyack Marina. Upon arrival, responding units confirmed a female body was found in the water. Nyack Fire Department pulled the body from the water; the female was pronounced deceased on scene. Orangetown […]