Special events include a Fall Family Festival and an Historic Homes and Landmark Tour of Haverstraw October is Rockland History Month, and to celebrate, The Historical Society of Rockland County is hosting several events. On Sunday October 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the historical society is celebrarting the region’s best traditions at the […]
This week the Rockland County Times’ award-winning poet Harry Waitzman shares with readers his magnum opus “Sailing to Haverstraw Bay.” The exploration of local scenes, scents and landscape was completed March 23, 1992. Sailing to Haverstraw Bay Harry Waitzman Sullen speak the streets slanting up from Haverstraw Bay, the houses of tilted brick […]
The Village of Haverstraw may soon be buying back ownership of the village’s streetlights, according the village trustees and Mayor Michael Kohut at Monday night’s board meeting. The village has been fighting against planned rate hikes by Orange and Rockland Utilities, and as a way out of the hikes the utilities company is offering local […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Rockland County taxi and livery drivers will soon only need one permit to operate in the county and for the first time will be able to operate in areas outside of Rockland. The legislation, (S.6491/A.9301), passed by New York State and signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on August 17, gives […]
The Resurrection Show, an invitational exhibition, event and party celebrating the Garner Arts Center after the devastation of Hurricane Irene in August 2011, will be featured at the Garnerville Terminal on October 13 and 14 from 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Over 100 artists of the Hudson […]
Supervisor Phillips delivers bad news about GenOn and also attacks North Rockland school board at Sep. 10th Town of Haverstraw board meeting Who knew there was a company that could accomplish so little with a fully functional gas plant? The Town of Haverstraw may be facing more financial problems in the near future, as it […]