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 […]
BY MORT BECKER Rockland residents suffered a major blow today with the news of the passing of Rabbi Ronald “Ronnie” Greenwald of blessed memory. He was 82. Rabbi Greenwald was a well-known and admired Orthodox Jewish educator, activist, child advocate and director of Camp Sternberg, who resided with his wife in the suburban Village of […]
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 […]
In Wednesday’s $1.58 billion record-breaking Powerball jackpot, Lottery players in Rockland, Westchester and Orange counties won millions of dollars with five winning tickets ranging from $50,000 to $1 million. The largest winning ticket was a $1 million Powerball second prize sold at Stony Point Mini Mart at 104 West Main Street in Stony Point, Rockland […]
Submitted by George Potanovic, Jr. The Stony Point Planning Board, as lead agency, will hold a Public Scoping Hearing on Thursday, January 28, 2016, 7 p.m. at the RHO Building on the Breakers waterfront project. This is a chance for you to learn about the proposed project and ask any questions to be answered by […]
BY MARC MATURO No question about it, the North Rockland community mourns the death of the great Ralph J. Cordisco, but at the same time it can only celebrate the man’s everlasting legacy and what he meant to literally thousands of people whose path he not only crossed but helped to nourish. Coach Cordisco, 97, […]