Progressive Insurance’s omnipresent advertisement icon Flo is known to most Americans by now, but did you know the actress behind Flo is a native of Rockland County? On Monday, October 10, the woman behind Flo, Stony Point’s Stephanie Courtney, will come back home, appearing at a fundraiser for Penguin Repertory Theatre in Stony Point. An […]
Old Reform Temple to Become a Yeshiva The United Talmudical Academy of Monsey, a Satmar organization, purchased the former Temple Beth El property on Viola Road in Ramapo, New York. The temple used to be the centerpiece of Reform Judaism in Rockland County. Last year the Temple Beth El congregation merged with Beth Torah in […]
Promises to continue rare tradition of “full service” at no additional cost BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Stony Pointer Jim Maher has stepped up to continue the tradition of full service gas service at the former Larkin’s gas pump and auto repair shop, Rt. 9W in Tomkins Cove, the northernmost gas station in Rockland County. Prior to purchasing the […]
Local Dignitaries Joined Inserra Family at Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony INSERRA PRESS RELEASE After undergoing a top-to-bottom renovation, ShopRite of Tallman, an Inserra Supermarkets store, celebrated its Grand Reopening on September 25 with a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and welcomed customers with a variety of giveaways. The redesigned 52,000-square-foot store features a modern new look and expanded services, including free nutrition counseling and wellness programming […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Need a mechanical tower folder? Or a used dental chair? What about a 27-year-old x-ray machine? Those are among the items that were once used at the Summit Park nursing home and are now being auctioned by Rockland County. The county-owned nursing home was closed nearly a year ago when a prospective […]
DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe on Friday announced that Dylan Lentini (DOB 11/10/96) of Vacaville, California was found guilty of Murder in the Second Degree, a class “A”Felony, in the killing of West Nyack resident Michael Wimbert. “The defendant has been convicted of a violent and heinous crime,” said Zugibe. “This was an extremely […]