BY BARRY WARNER Last Friday, Earth Day aimed to motivate awareness and appreciation of the globe’s environment. According to the website timeanddate.com Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day in 1970 to promote ecology, respect for life on this planet, as well as to encourage mindfulness of the growing problems of air, water and soil pollution. […]
BY KATHY KAHN Some retirees join boards of directors, hit the golf course or become perennial travelers, but for one Montebello resident, giving a voice to adults who often have issues dealing with the system is a passion he’s giving his leisure time to. Tom Ternquist is an Ombudsman for Independent Living based in Westchester […]
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 […]