Your weekly forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz  Hello, Rockland County! After a rather unseasonably cool and damp week, big changes are coming and you’ll notice them in the next few days. With that said, let’s get right to that all-important forecast!  For your conclusion to the work week on Friday, expect mostly cloudy skies with […]
BY AARON MOELLER Fisherman Joe reels in a big catch on Nyack pier, Monday afternoon, June 4.
SUEZ and the New York Chapter of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) have announced the recipients of the 2017 student scholarships. The $3,000 scholarships will go to Daniel Henry (Tappan Zee High School), Caitlin Holt (Pearl River High School) and Jessica Minker (North Rockland High School). The scholarship is designed to assist high […]
BY MARC MOSS In the mid-1970s on Staten Island, countless students were scrambling to prepare for the spring Regents examination, the uniquely New York end-of-the-year test of a high schooler’s wits and memory retention. The best math tutor in the neighborhood was Arnold Birnbaum. He arguably was the best tutor in every subject, his son […]
PHOTO BY MARY J D’URSO A photo of an otherworldly gold and blue sunset captured May 31 by photographer Mary J. D’Urso was featured in Scenes of Rockland last week. A second D’Urso photo shows the sun as it descends that evening and a darker fluorescent violet takes over the sky. A paradisiacal realm briefly […]
The Congers Civic Association will celebrate its 35th anniversary tonight (Thursday, June 8) with a birthday party at the hamlet’s Veterans Memorial Association building on Lake Road, adjacent to the firehouse. Open to the public free of charge, the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. President Gerry O’Rourke says the group started in the spring of 1982 and continues strong […]