Stony Point Pack 17 Cub Scout troop is having its annual Pinewood Derby event. Scouts from Haverstraw, Stony Point and Theills, over 70 kids and their families in all, will get together Saturday, March 22, 9:30 a.m. at Kirkbride Hall, 5 Patriot Hills Ln, Stony Point to race model cars. May the best car win!
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NYACK – The second and final phase of an effort by Orange & Rockland to clean a section of Nyack marred by coal tar contamination is expected to be finished by the end of 2014. As per a 1996 agreement with the State Department of Environmental Conservation, Orange & Rockland will complete […]
An Eagle Scout Court of Honor was held at the Pearl River Hook and Ladder Co., where Nanuet resident Troy Hansen of BSA Troop #33 attained the rank of Eagle Scout, a distinction earned by only 4% of all Boy Scouts nationwide. The event was well attended by family, friends, elected officials and fellow scouts. […]
Hasidic men plead guilty in divorce coercion plot Two brothers in an eight-member Hasidic gang pled guilty last Monday to conspiracy charges related to the coercion of other ultra-orthodox men for the purpose of obtaining religious divorces. Moshe and Avrohom Goldstein pled guilty in a U.S. District Court in Trenton, admitting to working with six […]
The New City Library announced that Director Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman was awarded the Joseph W. Lippincott Award for 2014. Bestowed by the American Library Association, this honor recognizes distinguished service to the profession of librarianship. “The jury for the 2014 Joseph W. Lippincott Aware is delighted to honor Dr. Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman,” said […]
Shannon Spring, Garnerville, N.Y., was among the 10 graduate students at The University of Scranton who were named recipients of Frank O’Hara Awards. The award recognized students with the highest grade point average at approximately the mid-point of their master’s degree programs in each of Scranton’s graduate programs. The award is named in honor of […]