BY ALLAN GOLDSTEIN Local man’s life experience leads him to invent amazing toy Innovation and an extensive knowledge of machinery came together for Rockland County resident Ernest Autumn Van Den Heuvel when he invented, HandTrux, one of the most popular toys at last year’s ASTRA (American Specialty Toy Retailing Association) Toy Fair. The HandTrux Backhoe […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Police contract agree, fate of GenOn property discussed The Stony Point Town Board met Tuesday night at the RHO Community Center Building to approve items for the summer and sign a new contract with the PBA. After months of negotiation, the town and the PBA have come to an agreement for a […]
Stony Point’s Ricky Romano named new music director at Thiells UMC Twenty-two-year-old Ricky Romano, born and raised in Stony Point and a graduate of North Rockland High School and SUNY Potsdam College, has been appointed music director at the Thiells United Methodist Church and will assume his duties next month according to Reverend Jessica Campbell, […]
BY SHERLY JOURDAIN A spaghetti dinner and silent auction took place at the West Haverstraw Community Center on March 4 to benefit the Fair Grounds II Disaster Fund. The Local 844 Women’s Committee from the Civil Service Employee Association (CSEA) and the American Legion Leo Ladders Post 130 of Thiells coordinated the event to raise […]
Police stopped an alleged plot to extort $60,000 from a businessman in Pomona, and arrested four residents of Rockland on conspiracy charges. A team of officers and detectives observed four people go to the victim’s home on Friday, and then arrested them. Two were Clarkstown residents, and two were Spring Valley residents. Marissa Turner, 22, […]
Ramapo man faces charges for setting New Square dissident Rottenerg’s car fire Aron Fromowitz, 22, surrendered on Tuesday to face charges that he set a car on fire while he was drunk for a Purim celebration. The car belonged to a New Square resident. Fromowitz pleaded not guilty through his attorney to charges of third-degree […]