BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL For the Village of Sloatsburg, the impact of Hurricane Irene on August 28 has made lasting impressions. The village was cut off from the rest of the county by washed out bridges, blocked roads, lost electricity and much more. Mayor Carl S. Wright and the village board took time during last […]
Shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, November 5, a U.S. flag, which until recently flew over a hospital in Iraq, will be hoisted on a new flagpole to fly over the graves of American veterans of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War buried at the Historic Monsey Cemetery. The cemetery, located […]
Today, October 26, 2011, Shaul Spitzer of New Square was arrested on a charge of second-degree criminal contempt, a class A misdemeanor. The arrest resulted from an incident which occurred on October 4, in front of the Rottenberg family home on Truman Ave in the Village of New Square. Spitzer violated an order of protection […]
On October 13 the Ramapo Police Department arrested Paul P. Matassa, 82 years old, of Suffern, NY, on a charge of Public lewdness. The incident which Matassa was arrested for occurred on September 20, 2011, at the Sport-O-Rama Hockey Rink, in a men’s bathroom. Matassa was observed, by another customer, of Sport-O-Rama, masturbating in the […]
SPRING VALLEY, NY – The dream of transforming a once rundown bungalow colony in Nanuet in the Town of Clarkstown into a new community of affordable senior housing became a reality today as representatives from The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and Rockland Housing Action Coalition joined with state, county and local officials Wednesday to celebrate […]
Brian Uline’s daughter Samantha (pictured here) could probably fit inside this giant pumpkin he raised. Uline’s 474 lbs. pumpkin baby is most likely the largest squash grown in Rockland County this year. Uline said the giant pumpkin grew from July 4 to September 23. It is currently on sale at Auntie El’s in Sloatsburg for […]