BY BARRY WARNER Recently, the United Way of Rockland’s 25th ‘Fall Day of Caring’ brought together more than 200 volunteers to complete essential projects for Rockland County’s nonprofit health and human service providers. The completion of these projects empowered the community services to better serve thousands of people. Celebrated as the largest single-day community service […]
By Joel Grossbarth The Village of Haverstraw has been involved in a contentious litigation with a property owner since 2005. Now, that litigation has come to an end with the village being ordered to pay almost $8 million for taking the landowner’s property through eminent domain. An appeals court in Brooklyn ordered the village to […]
BY KATHY KAHN Toys R Us, Circuit City, Castro Convertibles , Robert Hall—so many chain stores have gone the way of all flesh, but Sears was the gold standard of retail from its inception in 1897 until the 1960s, when it was declared the largest retailer in the world until WalMart took the #1 position. […]
At a recent memorial ceremony, Julia Regan was posthumously honored with a plaque in the lobby of Nyack Hospital for 25 years of dedicated service. The ceremony was held on what would have been her 75th birthday, October 10, 2018. In attendance were her family, friends, coworkers and Nyack Hospital officials.
In New York, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, despite Governor Cuomo’s attempt to blame the state’s fleeing population on the weather. Many municipalities across the state have been impacted by the closures of power plants, but perhaps the one that stings the most is the smack-down the North […]
FROM CPD The Clarkstown Detective Bureau’s Cold Case Unit is looking for any information in regards to a missing Central Nyack woman who hasn’t been seen in eight years. The family of Sandy Nurse came to the Clarkstown Police Headquarters eight years ago to report her missing. The last known contact with Sandy was from […]