Rockland Community College will hold their annual Sports Hall of Fame dinner event on Saturday, January 19, 2013. The festivities begin at 7 p.m. at the Italian-American Social Club in West Haverstraw. Three people are being honored as this year’s inductees, joining the 30 previous members in the RCC Sports Hall of Fame. They are: Emil […]
Rockland County’s Biggest Natural Disaster BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The most deadly natural disaster ever to strike Rockland County was commemorated Sunday in Haverstraw when more than 50 local residents gathered for the annual memorial service for those killed in the infamous Haverstraw Landslide of 1906. A total of 19 people […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The son of the late Josephine Carella, longtime town clerk of Haverstraw, told the Rockland County Times he is all in for a run to win his mother’s former seat in 2013. Bernard Carella said he learned a lot from his mother, believes she did an exemplary job as town clerk and […]
The Haverstraw Brick Museum has announced the date of their annual commemoration of the Haverstraw Landslide of 1906. It will take place at the Brick Museum on Sunday, January 6, 2013, and the program will be led by Village Historian Stephen Cobb. On January 8, 1906, 19 Haverstraw residents lost their lives as their homes […]
Fast action by Haverstraw firefighters confined a significant blaze at Broadway Cleaners on Main St. from spreading out further. The blaze could have been a major disaster as apartment were within its reach.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA West Haverstraw – In an effort to raise funds for North Rockland residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the Hudson Water Club hosted a benefit show featuring the Amish Outlaws cover band on the night before Thanksgiving. The Club organized the event through Help North Rockland, a group created to provide aid to […]