Former shopping center’s re-birth predicted to be welcome—and bustling—addition to Rockland BY KATHY KAHN Special to the Rockland Times Fashion, food, fun, fitness, all in one location–who could ask for anything more? Certainly not the town of Clarkstown, which is host municipality to the forthcoming Shops at Nanuet on Route 59, where locals fondly remember […]
Fresh produce…breads, pies, cookies…cheese… grass-fed beef…flowers…
ice cream…honey…eggs…olive oil… the list of delights goes on as foodies, friends and families welcome opening day at the Nyack Farmers’ Market. Set for today, May 9 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Market day will feature a copious early Spring harvest from the area’s farms and food producers, as […]
On Friday, May 17, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gateway to Entrepreneurial Tomorrows, Inc. (GET) and the Village of Haverstraw will host the Hudson Valley Entrepreneurial Conference and Expo in Haverstraw, NY. The event will be held at Rockland Community College Haverstraw Extension Campus, located at 37 West Broadway Street. The Rockland County […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA During his several runs from office in the Village of Suffern, former Mayor Dagan LaCorte gained himself the reputation of being something of a hothead. But one instance he might regret more than others. Though nobody but LaCorte knows exactly what happened at some point late during the 2009 campaign, LaCorte got […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson (D) set off a firestorm of controversy when he and the predominantly Democratic New Rochelle City Council voted to remove a Gadsden flag from a local veterans buildings, citing its supposed partisan connotations, and suggesting it was too divisive for public use. The flag, the original battleflag […]
Since 2009, People to People – Rockland’s largest food pantry that feeds nearly 4,000 people every month – has encouraged home gardeners, community gardens and local farms to Plant a Row for the Hungry. In 2009, 763 pounds of locally grown produce was contributed to People to People for distribution to low- and no-income Rockland […]