By Kathy Kahn Once the brick-making capital of New York, the Town and Village of Haverstraw celebrate their 400th anniversary this year, complete with a cake and kudos from national and state dignitaries last month at Haverstraw Town Hall. Tessa Dikken, once a member of the Dutch Consulate and now a resident of Haverstraw, told […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NEW CITY- Local attorney William A. Gerard was placed under arrest by Judge Sherri Eisenpress at a custody hearing in Rockland County Family court last month. Gerard was representing an hassidic mother, Kalya Biener. Biener has been denied visitation by her hassidic ex-husband,Yoel Biener by different tactics over the past 4 months […]
BY JENNA HUTCHINS At Tuesday night’s Stony Point Town Board meeting, Paul Carlucci of the Italian American Social Club of West Haverstraw pleaded with the Stony Point Ambulance Corps for the use of a vacant building for club meetings. The Italian American Social Club, which has an active presence in the community for generations, recently […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A united Town Board in Orangetown voted to spend more money on teen counseling services last week, expanding programs already under way at Tappan Zee High School and Nyack High School and potentially returning them to Pearl River High School for the first time in years. In […]
County Executive Ed Day, joined by Rockland Community College President Dr. Cliff Wood and other local officials, this week cut the ribbon on the new Rockland County Career Center location in the Village of Haverstraw. Along with a second location on the Suffern campus of Rockland Community College, the Rockland County Career Center offers job […]
Photo credit: Jane Zippilli Maddie is a 4-year-old female pit bull mix who came to Hi Tor Animal Care Center as a stray. Maddie is a super-sweet and gentle little gal. She has not been tested with cats yet but seems to be okay with other dogs. She walks very nicely on leash and enjoys […]