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 […]
Dear Editor, With the passing of Josephine E. Carella, the Haverstraw community has lost a very special person, that touched the lives of many people throughout the years of her public service as Haverstraw Town Clerk. I first met Josephine in early 1995. She was a woman of strength, conviction and courage that inspired many other woman […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE On December 20 at 8 p.m. the Shades Repertory Theater will be a unique adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” an Equity-staged reading developed by Suzanne DuCharme. Before that on November 30 and December 1, both days at 8 p.m., there will be a winter play “Final Tally” written by Samuel […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Haverstraw Village Board unanimously voted at their meeting on Monday, November 19 to retain Joe Armado of Nationwide Construction Inc. as a public adjustor to work with the village in obtaining insurance payouts for damage received as a result of Hurricane Sandy. In this position, Armado will represent Haverstraw in dealings […]