BY MICHAEL RICONDA Just in time for 2013’s Valentine’s Day, Lynch’s Flowers has opened at 64 Route 9W in Haverstraw on February 1, beginning business as a local establishment with deep roots in the community. The shop is owned and operated by Jerry Lynch, a fourth generation North Rockland native from Haverstraw and one of […]
FROM THE DA’S OFFICE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe on Wedesday announced the filing of criminal charges against 28 individuals on drug and other charges following a four-month undercover investigation targeting narcotics trafficking activities in the community. The defendants – who range in age from 24 to 53 – are charged with selling […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Town of Stony Point expects their next board meeting to bring an overflow crowd and so Supervisor Geoff Finn announced at this week’s board meeting that the Feb. 5 meeting will take place at James A. Farley Middle School on Rt. 210. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. as usual. […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The New York Archdiocese has slated Saint Augustine Elementary School in New City and St. Peter School in Haverstraw for closure at the end of the school year by, a decision which will displace hundreds of children and leave dozens of faculty members unemployed. According to a press release from Step Up […]
Rand Commercial Services (RCS), an independent and leading commercial real estate brokerage in the Hudson Valley, announced today the addition of Vincent J. Monte to their sales team in the New City office. Vincent has been involved in the commercial real estate & title Insurance business since 1966 and is president of The Monte Group […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL During the Rockland County Full Legislature Session on Tuesday January 15, the Legacy Community Activist Award was presented to Haverstraw Mayor Michael Kohut and community activist Marion Breland-Oswald. The award was presented by Maureen Kenney, the director of POW’R Against Tobacco. “Rockland County is known as a trailblazer in tobacco control […]