Ramapo approves new apartment complex on Route 17 The Town of Ramapo’s Planning and Zoning Board approved the Woodmont Hills Apartments in a unanimous vote on what is certain to be a contentious issue. The project consists of 384 one and two building units in 16 three-story buildings which will run about half a mile […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Bingo was not the only big event at the Monday meeting of the Stony Point Senior Club II. During the gathering, club president Tom Robinson presented a $1,000 Homes for Heroes donation to Legislator John Murphy, a retired Marine who has spearheaded the initiative to provide affordable housing for formerly homeless veterans. […]
NYLO Nyack project transforming former factory site alongside Thruway BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – Developers of the Nylo Nyack Hotel project on the site of a former Nyack factory have set a ceremonial groundbreaking for the development. Local officials have been invited to the ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, at the the […]
BY BARRY WARNER On May 30, 1916 President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a National Flag Day. This Saturday, June 14, 2014 will commemorate the adoption of ‘Old Glory’ as the official flag of the United States in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. The American flag, also nicknamed ‘star spangled […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF PHOTOS BY PETER BRUNWASSER If you visit the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burns at 32 Sephar Lane in Chestnut Ridge on any given day chances are you will hear a racket of Biblical proportions. The noise comes from his neighbor Steven Slackman, owner of Steve’s Lawns, a popular Rockland County landscaping […]
BY GERRY STRAUS @gerrystrauss For an event that featured some of the biggest names in pro wrestling history, who would have thought that the biggest star in many fan’s eyes was their own football coach? That was indeed the case last Friday night at Spring Valley High School, as Northeast Wrestling presented “Spring Slam,” a […]