Police urge caution whenever someone tries to get you to send them money by wire transfer or pre-paid money card BY BILL DEMAREST Republished with permission STONY POINT – It’s a scam that tugs at the heartstrings of loving grandparents who want to help a beloved family member. Someone calling claims to be a grandchild […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF UPDATE — The Village of Airmont failed to pass Bracco’s resolution. The vote was 2-2 with one abstention. Thus, the Village of Airmont will not, at this time, officially “make a novel move to investigate separating itself” from Ramapo PD as anticipated. Trustees and proponents can and will continue to investigate the […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Just in time for Easter, the Salesians of Don Bosco at the Marian Shrine, which straddles the border of Haverstraw and Stony Point, will be putting the finishing touches on a new set of interconnected walkways that wind among several religious stations, past the colossal Rosary Madonna, and end at the impressive […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN The new  TZ Bridge project is causing some interesting ramifications downstream in Piermont. An agreement between the state — Thruway Authority and the DEC — and Riverkeeper, Inc., and Scenic Hudson, Inc. in March 2013 included extensive environmental protective measures and mitigation funding to protect the river and minimize other impacts during […]
Part Three: 2007—2014 BY CHERYL SLAVIN The death knell sounded for the Lovett Power Plant in 2006. Judge Thomas Dickerson, in deciding the fair market value for the plant, found that Lovett was both functionally and economically obsolete. “It would cost more to reconstruct (Lovett) than it would to build an equivalent and more efficient modern […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA As Congressional elections in November draw closer, House Candidate Chris Day is reporting steady progress in his campaign against incumbent Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey in New York’s 17th Congressional District, as he continues to drum up local support from Rockland and Westchester residents. Day explained to the Rockland County Times he had […]