BY BOB BAIRD Back in 1993, when I was a Suffern Little League board member, it was my honor to be among a group of dedicated people who organized Rockland’s Challenger Little League for children with disabilities. For many of the players, Challenger was their first opportunity to play baseball. For the teary-eyed parents and […]
STORY & PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Delta, Pennsylvania, is about three and one-half hours by car from Nyack, New York. Factor in rain and traffic, and it becomes a journey. Earlier this month, pop-up book artist Jodi Harvey-Brown made that roundtrip to The Empire State — specifically, to the Rockland Community Outreach Center — to enter […]
New City, NY – Sheriff Louis Falco III announced this week that the Sheriff’s Office has implemented a Televistation system at the Rockland County Correctional Facility that allows inmates to receive mental health evaluations from the County Department of Mental Health, consult with their attorneys at the County Public Defender’s Office or complete an interview […]
GiGi is a 5-year-old female tuxedo. Adjusting to shelter life surrounded by cats was very stressful for her, but she slowly overcame her fear to enjoy the attention of humans. As soon as you open her cage, she meows, stands up, and sticks her cheek out for you to rub while she purrs. Imagine how […]
Join volunteers for a cleanup in the Village of Haverstraw on September 13. A group will be meeting at the clock tower on New Main St. across from Haverstraw Village Hall at 10 a.m. and cleaning up all along the Greenway and at Emeline Park. They’ll also be looking for items that can be “upcycled” […]
Instructor Carolyn Travers taught the children to make their own simple robots using cardboard tubing, string, colored paper and glue at a Sloatsburg Library workshop recently. The participants learned that some complex robots are able to be programmed to walk, dance, play soccer plus explore the bottom of the sea or the rocky surface of […]