Catholic Church to merge several congregations

Final mass celebrated at Saint Paul Parish STORY AND PHOTOS BY JEANINE RIPPA On May 9, 2015, Cardinal Dolan decreed that the parishes of Saint Paul, Congers and Saint Ann, Nyack would be merged. On August 1, there will be a brand new parish of Saint Paul – Saint Ann. The final Sunday mass of […]

Illegal business damaged by fire in Monsey

A townhouse which illegally housed a linegerie business in its basement went up in flames on Tuesday morning, rendering the building uninhabitable. Trouble began at out 9:45 a.m. when a woman smelled smoke at a two-home property at 112 Park Lane. When she checked the basement, she found the fire, which police believe was accidental. […]

UNSUNG HEROES: Triple Squeezed Lemonade Helps Community, Others Less Fortunate

UNSUNG HEROES: Triple Squeezed Lemonade Helps Community, Others Less Fortunate

STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN Car horns honked as people waved and pulled over in front of the bright yellow smiley balloons in front of the stand where Jordan, Brandon and Cameron Shorte smiled and waved back. “Lemonade! Lemonade!” they called to motorists driving by Triple Squeezed Lemonade. Several cars stopped; one woman pulled over and […]

Fire displaces many seniors in Orangetown

Edited from Nyack Free Press; Photos from Kenny Flynn and Nyack Free Press ORANGEBURG – Twenty-five residents of the Cortwood Village senior housing complex in Orangeburg were displaced by a fire there Saturday night, July 25, with the American Red Cross called in to assist them with shelter. The residents were affected by a fire […]

GINSBURG AND HAVERSTRAW CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF WATERFRONT PROMENADE PARK

PRESS RELEASE Ginsburg Development Companies (GDC) and Haverstraw village officials this week celebrated the completion of the final phase of the new Haverstraw Waterfront Promenade Park, a half-mile long village park adjacent to GDC’s Harbors-at-Haverstraw residential development. Martin Ginsburg, principal of GDC, turned over a symbolic key to Haverstraw Village Mayor Michael Kohut in a […]

East Ramapo School Board Members Abruptly End Meeting

East Ramapo School Board Members Abruptly End Meeting

STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN If you blinked, then you missed the school board meeting. That’s because it didn’t happen. “What we witnessed last night was this board’s sheer arrogance and blatant disregard for the community,” Eric Grossfeld, Co-founder of the Get Up, Stand Up: East Ramapo advocacy group, said after board members canceled the meeting […]