By Joe Kuhn Last Monday marked the official grand re-opening of the newly revamped Braunsdorf Park, the first in a series of Orangetown locations to be renovated and improved thanks to Town Supervisor Chris Day’s new “Adopt a Spot” program. Supervisor Day and Joseph Holland, the owner of Majestic Lawn Care & Landscape and sponsor […]
BY KATHY KAHN Stony Point’s Town Board has been working diligently to achieve a budget under the two percent tax cap imposed by New York State. A public hearing on same was continued last Tuesday night, and despite cuts the board had made earlier, they were stuck on a 2.7 percent increase, which also meant […]
Hudson Valley schools are coming together to ensure area hospitals have access to the life-saving blood they need ahead of the colder months. The schools are working with New York Blood Center to hold drives throughout early November with extended hours to make it easy for donors to participate. Blood reserves typically drop in the […]
Event at College’s Haverstraw Center highlights new alliance pairing RCC with community partners Visitors to the Rockland County Career Center and students enrolled in classes at Rockland Community College’s Haverstraw Center may visit and partake of the Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) Food Cupboard at the Haverstraw Center. The cupboard’s grand opening took place on September 27 at the Center in downtown […]
Hudson Link Service Launches Monday, Oct. 29 NYS THRUWAY AUTHORITY – Tappan Zee Constructors (TZC) is scheduled to stripe bus lanes on the eastbound span and restripe traffic lanes on the westbound span during the overnight of Thursday, Oct. 25. The work will require overnight lane closures in both directions. The eastbound span bus lanes […]
Rockland county residents gathered at mass last Sunday to honor the memory of three local heroes who gave their lives protecting the public 37 years ago. Security guard Peter Paige, and police officers Edward O’Grady and Waverly Brown, were commemorated for “making the ultimate sacrifice” during the 1981 Brinks Robbery; the domestic terror attack rocked […]