“The VA is just IRS spelled differently” BY JERRY DONNELLAN Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County Since I came to be director of Rockland County Veterans Service Agency in 1992, the veteran population has dropped in half and it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The basic reason for this […]
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the region from noon Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday, including all of Rockland County. The National Weather Service predicts 5 – 10″ of snow (updated prediction 5 a.m. Tuesday), beginning late morning/around noon, with the heaviest snow falling between the evening commute and midnight. The snow should […]
On Sat., Jan. 11, 2014, Cardinal Timothy Dolan concelebrated the 5 p.m. mass at St. Augustine Church, New City.
Chicken slaughterhouse making a comeback, many lawmakers vow to oppose plan A proposed $3 million chicken slaughterhouse is one step closer to being constructed in the Village of New Square as Adir Poultry submitted a 30-page environmental impact summary and the New Square Board of Trustees is mulling over a time for a public hearing […]
The regime of new mayor Demeza Delhomme has shook the Village of Spring Valley, with angst! BY MICHAEL RICONDA I new iconoclastic mayor has done for Spring Valley what even a federal indictment of the prior mayor could not do: awakened the community. Mayor Demeza Delhomme took office over six weeks ago apparently on a […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN PHOTOS BY TOM McGUIRE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED “Palisades welcomes two new residents,” bird watcher and enthusiast David Gottlieb wrote for Palisadesny.com in 2012. “A pair of bald eagles have built a huge nest on an old white pine in Sneden’s Landing overlooking the Hudson River. They can be seen soaring above the […]