STORY AND PHOTOS BY ERIN MAHER This past sunny Saturday, May 12, was the perfect weather for a parade. The annual African American Parade and Festival was held in Nyack, Rockland County. The parade, organized by the local Nyack chapter of the NAACP, promptly began at 2 p.m. at the at the old Nyack High […]
Palisades residents express strong support BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR, ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Facing a roomful of strident supporters, the Orangetown Town Board Tuesday granted a conditional OK to proceed with the design phase of constructing a new 1,020-foot sidewalk in “downtown” Palisades. Residents came out in force for a public discussion on the project, […]
The county’s unannounced project to revamp their shoddy website has concluded. No longer is the impossible-to-remember address “http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/” used for the site. Now the far simpler and more user-friendly http://rocklandgov.com is the place to go. The new site features “popular searches” on the front page as well as a news ticker. Departments of the government […]
Airmont Fills Mayor’s Position For Now The village board decided to appoint a former Airmont trustee, Veronica D. Boesch, to fill the position of Mayor, which was left vacant when Mayor Dennis Kay died sudden last month. Kay, 65, was in good health, according to his family. And it came as a great shock to […]
BY JENNIFER TURTURO Last Thursday kicked off the 2012 Farmers Market season in Nyack sponsored by the Nyack Chamber of Commerce. The market will run every Thursday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. rain or shine from May 10 to November 12 in the Riverspace municipal parking lot on Main Street. Free parking is available during […]
North Rockland’s unofficial favorite mascot Freedom sadly was euthanized on May 15 due to complications from cancer. Freedom was very popular in the Stony Point-Haverstraw area and was known to many in the rest of Rockand and Orange counties. He was often seen with his owner and trainer Bill McGuire hanging out of the window […]