BY CHERYL SLAVIN At a joint meeting of the Stony Point Planning and Town Boards last Thursday evening, a standing room only crowd listened intently to a presentation from New Planet Energy about its proposal to build a waste to biofuel plant on the former Kay Fries site. The public also had a limited opportunity […]
Haverstraw set to demolish two Letchworth buildings BY CHERYL SLAVIN At least two of the crumbling buildings located on the Haverstraw section of the Letchworth Village property will finally be demolished, thanks in part to the recent award of state money through the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA). The award is part of the annual distribution of […]
Large crowd in blue shirts expected BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A standing-room-only crowd is expected to attend tonight’s (Thursday, Jan. 8) meeting of the Clarkstown Board of Education, where the future of the shuttered Congers Elementary School will be up for debate. Civic organizations in Congers have been leafleting and telephoning […]
Scottie is a 5-year-old pit bull mix who was found as a stray in Stony Point. A perfect leash walker, he doesn’t get excited when he meets other dogs. He enjoys playing fetch, trying industriously to catch all the balls. Fun-loving, he would be a great addition to an active family. Due to his large […]
Helen’s Hope Chest: Giving Back Selflessly BY JANIE ROSMAN “You might think good jobs, good schools or a beautiful downtown area” makes our community great, Pomona resident Barry Schecter says. “All of these things are important, but the most important thing that makes any community great is its volunteers.” Ten of those volunteers donate time to […]
American healthcare worker arrives in U.S. for Ebola treatment An American who visited Sierra Leone to assist with the emergency response to the recent African Ebola epidemic arrived in the U.S. for observation on Sunday and is now undergoing medical care in isolation. The unidentified healthcare worker was flown to the Nebraska Medical Center’s Biocontainment […]