ROCKLAND COUNTY LEGISLATURE PASSES AGENDA, AWARDS CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Rockland County Legislature held their first full meeting of the year on Tuesday. During the meeting the legislative body tabled a vote on a new proposed law called, “The Co-op Fair Treatment Law” until February. Three members of the Hudson Gateway Realtors Association (HGRA) spoke in favor of the proposed law during […]

TIMELINES 1/20/16

Spring Valley Murder Case After the stabbing and death of 20 year-old Orange County volunteer firefighter, Justin Speights, police have begun an investigation into the case. Coincidence would have it that an apartment owned by Spring Valley Trustee Vilair Fonvil’s family was raided by police in the search for the assailant. Police believe a renter […]

Consultants Present Results of Study for Redeveloping South Nyack and Exit 10

BY JANIE ROSMAN Tuesday night South Nyack residents learned possibilities for land currently being used as a staging area for the bridge project. “Several years ago we began thinking about what we can do to protect the character and integrity of South Nyack, promote the village’s economy, along with trying to make it an affordable […]

Obituary for Steven Jaffee

Pearl River, NY–Steven Jaffee, husband of Assemblywoman Ellen C. Jaffee and a longtime Suffern resident died, Tuesday January 19, 2016. Devoted husband of Ellen for 51 years; loving and affectionate father of Marc and his wife, Julia, and Allison and her husband, Steve; adoring grandfather of Miles, Jade, and Daniel; brother of Roberta, Jerry and […]

DRONE NATION: Suffern course teaches masses how to use a drone

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN The new drone culture comes with rules. Safety rule number one is to stay behind whoever is flying the drone, never in front of the person. “If you get uncomfortable and are not sure what to do, let go, and it will hover in place,” Boston-based DARTdrones Flight Academy […]