There were a couple smoky days in Stony Point this week, as winds that passed over the wildfires in Harriman State Park drifted over town, however the fire seen in this photo came from a different source. On Monday a careless smoker threw a lit cigarette into the mulch outside the Stony Point Shop-Rite. According […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Lowdown on April 10 Stony Point Town Board meeting Supervisor Geoff Finn, the Town Council of Stony Point and interested citizens have some countervailing opinions on the future of signage in the township. For one, Supervisor Finn had envisioned a scrolling “LED” sign like those in many towns and in front of […]
Thirty-three-year-old Gal Vanunu who was drunk and shouted racial remarks during a fight at a local library has pleaded guilty to a hate crime and now faces deportation to Israel for being in the United States illegally. Vanunu pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment as a hate crime and was sentenced to time served of 12 […]
“Operation: Game Over” catches sex offenders preying on victims through online video games Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently that more than 3,500 accounts of registered sex offenders in New York state will be removed from online video game platforms as part of “Operation: Game Over,” an initiative that huge corporations such as Microsoft, Apple, Blizzard […]
BY ALLAN GOLDSTEIN Pearl River native Willa Sheridan has been nominated for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Woman of the Year award. There are 12 people vying for the award. The winner will be selected through a competition to raise money for blood cancer patient services, research and advocacy. The successful candidates will have […]
BY KRISTINA WODICKA There are many families in Rockland who are committed to the effort of micro-farming, and having a homestead. One family who has truly taken the concept of a home farm to heart are the Turturro’s of LillyZoo farm. I had the pleasure of spending a few hours at their homestead in Airmont, […]