BY JANIE ROSMAN Sunny weather has been drawing visitors to Nyack’s Memorial Park, where Holly Desher and a friend were watching the I Lift NY, stationed near the Rockland shoreline, through a high-powered lens. Last month the super crane resumed setting structural steel on the eastbound span utilizing a different process. Assemblies lifted from the […]
On April 6-9, Nyack High School joined with other selected high school music departments throughout the US to compete at the WorldStrides OnStage Music Festival held in Washington DC. It gives this writer great pride to announce to our readers that one of Rockland’s School Districts, in this instance, the Nyack School District, has […]
Large areas still in danger; north side of fire still out of control BY BILL DEMAREST ORANGEBURG – While Rockland County volunteer firefighters have made some progress, they are still waging a full-scale battle against a wildfire that has engulfed a large area of Clausland Mountain and has sent smoke pouring across the Hudson River […]
Flames creep toward Orangeburg houses, embers hit homes on Tweed Boulevard BY BILL DEMAREST CLAUSLAND MOUNTAIN – The brush fire that swept up the west side of Clausland Mountain all afternoon and night on Thursday this morning began to threaten homes on both sides of the mountain. Orangeburg volunteer firefighters were called out early this […]
STORY BY BILL DEMAREST ORANGEBURG – Volunteer firefighters from throughout southeastern Rockland County are battling a stubborn brush fire that has slashed up the west side if Clausland Mountain near the landmark “TZ Rock.” Firefighters from Orangeburg went to the area just behind Nice Pak Products on Greenbush Road in Orangeburg at about 1:15 p.m. […]
Soup Angels’ eighth “Come to the Table” Thanksgiving meal is November 27, when anyone who needs a meal will be offered a delicious turkey dinner with all of the trimmings. This feast is made possible only through the generous assistance of the community as Soup Angels relies 100 percent on donations. This year, the not-for-profit, […]