Several local locations will serve as collection sites this year for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child—the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind. During National Collection Week, Nov. 14 – 21, Nanuet residents will donate shoeboxes—filled with school supplies, hygiene items, notes of encouragement and fun toys, such as a doll or soccer ball—for […]
Tanya Zitzelberger, a longtime employee of The Trans Group in Spring Valley, has received the prestigious “Heart of the Industry” award, presented annually by the New York School Bus Contractors Association (NYSBCA). President of The Trans Group John Corr Jr. lauded Zitzelberger. He said, “Each year, the award is given to someone who has served […]
A 6-year-old child is in critical condition after a taxi hit him in the middle of a road in Monsey, Tuesday evening. The cab, driven by Genus Charles, 71, of Spring Valley, was heading east on Calvert Dr. around 5:22 p.m. on Tuesday when the accident occurred. Young Yosef Klyman of Monsey was left with serious internal injuries […]
A rally in support of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will be held Sunday, Oct. 30, from 3-6 p.m. at Rhodes North Tavern in Sloatsburg. Rally organizers Elisa Leone and Tom Lynch say it’s the first major Trump rally in the Rockland/North Bergen area. They are urging Trump supporters to turn out and show their stripes. […]
Leaders of the Hudson Valley Boy Scout Council are considering turning Camp Bullowa in Stony Point into a nature conservancy A battle for control of the $3.8 million Camp Bullowa Trust Fund continues in New York Supreme Court. The case pits the owners of Camp Bullowa (the Hudson Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America) vs. three […]
Town of Stony Point Council members agreed at Tuesday’s meeting that the 2017 town budget would most likely surpass the state-imposed tax cap and thus voted to give themselves permission to break the cap. The board also voted to continue the public hearing on the budget at the next public meeting, Wednesday, November 9 at […]