Every winter around Super Bowl Sunday, hundreds of people flock to the Hudson River to watch a bunch of people run into the freezing cold water. And every year for 13 years, the funds raised at this event are used to help save the life of one or two young children in North Rockland. This […]
PHOTOS BY TOM MCGUIRE Check out these beautiful snapshots of North Rockland by local photographer Tom McGuire.
Vijay Patel, owner of Colonel’s Deli in Mt. Ivy. Vijay has a selection of over 20 newspapers at the classic North Rockland shop, including, naturally, the Rockland County Times: North Rockland’s paper since 1888.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Residents and officials continue to examine whether a new project designed to move electrical power from Canada to New York City may circumvent local regulations to take private property in Stony Point under eminent domain, according to local activists and elected officials. The Champlain-Hudson Power Express, a high voltage direct current energy […]
BY DIANA BIERMAN Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston held their second iteration of Accelerate—a student innovation and entrepreneurship challenge—in November where five teams were awarded a total of $25,500 for their creative ideas. One of these teams was composed of Rockland residents Stephanie Nannariello, 20, of Thiells and Deborah Massaro, 20, of Stony Point, […]
BY BARRY WARNER Earlier this month, professional storytellers and student members of the Clarkstown North High School and Lakeland High School Storytelling Clubs took part in the 17thAnnual Rockland County Storytelling Festival at the Haverstraw Center. The event was sponsored by the Rockland Teachers Center Institute. Before the Internet, newspapers, radio, and television, the world […]