The 7th Grade CYO Basketball team from St. Gregory’s in Haverstraw won this year’s Rockland County and New York State Champions for 2012-2013. They were honored last week by the Haverstraw Town Board.
BY MARIA BROWNSELL Some people cannot lose enough weight with diet and exercise. Some people have tried so many times and in so many different ways, they have given up. The Surgical Weight Loss Institute, part of Bon Secours Charity Health System, is giving these people new hope to make a change. On Friday, May […]
PRESS RELEASE 132-room boutique hotel scheduled to open in 2014 NYLO Hotels LLC has released additional details of its upcoming property in Nyack, New York, scheduled to open in 2014. NYLO Nyack—the company’s sixth hotel—will follow the upcoming debut of NYLO New York City, which will open late this summer on the Upper West Side […]
Socks for Soldiers is coming to Rockland County. The program supplements the efforts of the Yarmouth Rotary in MA which forwards care packages directly to troops stationed on the front lines of Afghanistan. One of the most precious items requested for troops is socks, as described by the Yarmouth coordinator who states that muddy season […]
BY BARRY WARNER On Friday, May 31, 2013 a Great American Cleanup Wrapup Party and Awards Ceremony was held at Germonds Park to celebrate the success of this year’s Keep Rockland Beautiful program. Keep Rockland Beautiful is a nonprofit organization that leads efforts to cleanup, beautify and protect Rockland’s environment. Executive Director Sonia Cairo said, […]
Garnerville Residents Might See Tax Increase The proposed 2013-2014 budget proposal for the King’s Daughters Public Library District includes a tax-levy increase of 3.1 percent, breaking the state’s two percent tax cap and possibly hitting Haverstraw taxpayers’ wallets harder. The board attempted to minimize the increase by cutting library systems, operations and maintenance, but could […]