BY CAROL MCILMURRAY ORANGEBURG – Over 40 agencies convened at the Highview Ave and Western Highway rail crossing to simulate a real time response to a large scale accident between a motor vehicle and a freight train carrying hazardous materials on the evening of Thursday July 23. Over 200 first responders and evaluators reported to […]
STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN How many of you remember being affixed to your television sets as Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon’s surface 46 years ago? On July 21, 1969, millions of people worldwide were glued to their television sets and heard Armstrong’s sometimes misquoted words, “One small step for [a] man, one giant leap […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]