For the eighth consecutive year, Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway teamed up to make the holiday season happier for the less fortunate. Empire City hosted the “Christmas Spirit Toy and Coat Drive” through Wednesday, December 17, collecting donations every day throughout the holiday season. Hundreds of new, unwrapped toys and new or gently used […]
Do you know an “Unsung Hero?” Send your recommendation to [email protected]. BY BARRY WARNER The non-profit Legal Aid Society of Rockland County provides free resources for low-income people to access the courts and assert their civil legal rights in cases of abuse and neglect, evictions, foreclosures, child custody and disability benefits. Development Director Stephen M. […]
An ATM machine was stolen overnight from Smiley Food Mart in Pearl River, a quarter mile south of the Pfizer plant, 327 N. Middletown Rd. Police did not offer details on the investigation other than to acknowledge there was a theft in the store related to the ATM machine. […]
BY CAROL McILMURRAY PHOTOS BY PHIL COSTA NEW CITY- As tension over the recent execution style killing of NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjun Liu mounted in New York City, a “Moment of Silence” honoring the lost lives of the two officers was held on the Rockland County Courthouse lawn Sunday afternoon. Hosted by the […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA WEST NYACK – After months of clipping and saving, Rockland’s own “Coupon Queen” Anna Foldvary DeSousa made a massive holiday season donation to Meals on Wheels on December 23. Joined by State Sen. David Carlucci and Meals on Wheels CEO and President Don Hammond, boxes containing thousands of foodstuffs, hygeine and beauty […]
NANUET – The Town of Clarkstown is poised to receive $150,000 in NYSERDA grant funds for a long-awaited transit re-development project in Nanuet. The project, funded through the state’s Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) process, will aim to maximize the transit and commercial potential of Nanuet. Dubbed the “Nanuet Hamlet Center revitalization design plan and implementation […]