The sun was shining in Blauvelt on Saturday, May 18th, as runners and walkers gathered together to participate in the Sisters of Saint Dominic Fifth Annual Nun Run/Walk 5K. This annual 5K event, which features a course that starts and finishes at St. Dominic Convent, has become a favorite local race in Orangetown. Gary Holland […]
NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert remind residents that as you welcome the warmer weather and spend more time outside, be sure to protect yourself from tick bites. May is Lyme Awareness Month and that this is the time when ticks start making their […]
Discovering silverfish in the shower may not be pleasant, but Academy of the Holy Angels freshman Natasha Dhanrajani managed to turn the encounter on its ear by seeing the scene as a piece of live art. The result was “Silverfish,” an evocative nonfiction piece that now appears in “Scrawl: Rockland Teens Write 2019.” Published through […]
BY KATHY KAHN SUEZ recently announced that it hopes to move its headquarters to Old Mill Rd. in West Nyack on property currently owned by Tilcon. The water company’s first public hearing for the project on May 8 brought stiff opposition from the public, particularly Suez’s plan to store gas tanks that could be tapped […]
SOUTH NYACK – Testimony has begun in the sex abuse trial of Kristina Wodicka, a South Nyack chiropractor accused of inappropriate touching of a 14-year-old client over the course of four months in 2015. The case is being heard by Acting Justice Thomas Mascola in Village of South Nyack Court. Village Justice Dennis Lynch recused […]
Despite the rainy weather, hundreds of local residents came out to participate in the TriCounty Heart Walk on Sunday, May 5 at Harriman State Park to support the programs and research of the American Heart Association. www.tricountyheartwalk.org. Several red-caped “SUPER-heroes” were presented with Heart Hero capes on stage, like kindergartner Sydney Lundgren, Heart Hero and […]