BY BARRY WARNER Glaucoma is a disease of the eye in which fluid pressure in the eye rises. If left untreated, persons can lose vision and may possibly become blind. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, there is a small space in front of the eye called the “anterior chamber.” Clear liquid flows in […]
Tri-state area residents looking to start off the New Year with a big win are heading to Empire City Casino in Westchester County for a chance to score one of 10 jackpots worth six-figures – including one at nearly $800,000 and another over $500,000. Four of the potential jackpots are at the popular Wheel of […]
NEW CITY – The Rockland Water Resources Management Task Force, created in 2014 to examine the county’s future water needs and how to safeguard its water resources, is inviting the public to a series of upcoming meetings of the committees set up within the task force. Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell, chairwoman of the task […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Since New City resident Mary Miele, 62, began kicking up her heels three years ago, she’s never felt better. “It’s like therapy for the body and soul,” Miele, said of her two-to-three-times a-week sessions at Fred Astaire Rockland County Dance Studio in Bardonia. No matter what mood people bring into the dance […]
On Saturday, January 10 the Orangetown community gathered to bid farewell to the county’s oldest known tree. Located in Sparkill, the 350-year-old White Ash Tree-once considered the largest champion white ash-had been struggling over the past decade. Dead for the past two years, it was finally removed Saturday. Many will remember the former Tony’s Lobster […]
Orangetown to discuss Pointe at Lake Tappan Tuesday BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES A long-delayed upscale senior citizen condominium project planned for the shores of Lake Tappan in Pearl River is apparently back on the agenda again, after years of delays. The massive housing development, the largest ever constructed in Orangetown, has been […]