Student-athlete Katelyn Tuohy has been honored by the Rockland County Legislature for her exceptional achievements in the classroom and on the cross-country trails. Katelyn, a sophomore at North Rockland High School, is the No. 1 high school female cross-country runner in nation. “Katelyn makes all of us proud,” Legislator Michael Grant said. “Her accomplishments to […]
By Kathy Kahn During the Roaring 20s, New York created its first public authority—The Port Authority of New York. Since then, that bloated agency has been joined by over 600 “authorities” – a swamp where funding allocated to a specific authority often ends up underwriting unrelated state projects outside its purview. With New York’s state-funded debt […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH For the past 10 years, the Village of Pomona has been the center of the legal world in connection with a religious land-use application submitted by a religious organization on the corners of Routes 306 and 202. Now that a federal judge has ruled that the village intentionally discriminated against Rabbinical College […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN PHOTOS BY LIBBY ZEMATIS Last week, students from Cornell University’s Landscape Architecture 4010 course, the Climate-Adaptive Design (CAD) studio presented their ideas for landscape architecture, urban planning and engineering to Piermont residents and stakeholders. The studio links landscape architecture students with flood-risk Hudson Riverfront communities to explore design alternatives for more climate resilient, […]
BY BARRY WARNER Our Unsung Hero this week is Elsa Seguinot, retired NYPD Police Sergeant and the first female President of the non-profit Rockland County Police Hispanic Society (RCPHS). “The RCPHS was founded in 1996 and is the only Hispanic Law Enforcement organization in Rockland County. Its membership is made up of active and retired […]
Pictured are members of the Historical Society of the Palisades Interstate Park Region at their annual Holiday luncheon held at Lynch’s Restaurant in Stony Point, Saturday December 16, 2017. Bulson, Odell, Brooks and Anderson are some members representing former Hamlet families of Sandyfields, Johnsontown, Baileytown and Doodletown. Monthly meetings are held at the Tomkins Cove […]