The Thruway Authority on Wednesday announced $475,000 in state grants to three municipalities in Rockland County in support if riverfront restoration and revitalization projects near the New NY Bridge. The grants will fund recreational, cultural and infrastructure projects in villages along the Hudson River. Approximately $1 million was also granted to riverfront communities in […]
By Dr. Louis Alpert This writer was privileged to meet on April 18 with two representatives of the New York State Thruway Authority, together with the Salisbury Point Board and the Mayor of South Nyack. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss concerns about the aesthetics of the new bridge as well as the […]
BY KATHY KAHN Rocklanders, let’s face it, the county has been a blip on the GPS of travelers as they bypass the county for other Hudson Valley attractions. The only consistent exception to this rule is those who are attracted to the Palisades Center Mall. Although Rockland has had a tourism director for many years, […]
Falco says he nearly killed prostitute with bad batch of brown sugar Rockland County Corrections Officer Ranolfo Ventillo was living a double life clouded by criminality, drugs and prostitution, investigators in the Sheriff’s Dept. allege. After working with inmates all day and night, investigators accuse Ventillo of routinely arranging meetings with local prostitutes and trading heroin for sex. Sheriff Louis Falco […]
The Rockland Boulders baseball team has featured craft beers with Boulders-inspired recipes at home games in Pomona the past three seasons, including ones brewed by “Captain Lawrence.” It is not clear whether the man who loves to see his name everywhere, Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, is involved with the team’s decision to partner with Captain Lawrence, but […]
Ramapo police officers responded to Kathryn Gorman Park in Montebello recently in response to a reported fox caught in an illegal hunting trap. With the assistance of DEC officer Galvin, Ramapo officers were able to secure the fox and turned over the injured animal to Marilyn Leybra who is involved in local wildlife rehabilitation. RPD issued […]