BY JARED RODRIGUEZ Every great town or village has its showcase residential street. Nyack has North Broadway. Grand View has River Road. Suffern dons stately Victorians on Washington Avenue. In the historic Village of Haverstraw, Hudson Avenue belongs on a postcard. One can argue that the riverfront village boasts two separate trophy Victorian streets, Hudson […]
By Donna Schmidt In 1997, Samuel Harps was wearing sunglasses. His future looking bright, he took them off and laid them on the table. He and an actor friend, Tony Ortiz, were at SUNY Rockland Community College showing one of Harps’ plays when a gentleman approached them, “I would like to donate to your organization, […]
BY JESSICA DOWNER The first order of business at West Haverstraw Village Hall on Wednesday, March 21 was the impending repair to Peck’s Pond. The pond, where most residents go to enjoy a walk, run, or bring their children to play, needs epairs for the upcoming warmer weather months. In 2011 the estimated funding for […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Haverstraw’s RCC extension will host event that’s been held in Dutchess County in previous years. The 6th Annual Hudson Valley Entrepreneurial Conference and Expo will be held Friday, May 11, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rockland Community College Haverstraw Extension Campus in the Village of Haverstraw. This is the first […]
BY JESSICA DOWNER Residents of West Haverstraw gathered at the Village Hall for the first board meeting of the month to discuss fire department districting and the growing stray cat population. The meeting opened with a report from the police department, showing a total of $10,354 in fines last month. A letter from Orange & […]
BY SHERLY JOURDAIN A spaghetti dinner and silent auction took place at the West Haverstraw Community Center on March 4 to benefit the Fair Grounds II Disaster Fund. The Local 844 Women’s Committee from the Civil Service Employee Association (CSEA) and the American Legion Leo Ladders Post 130 of Thiells coordinated the event to raise […]