Hundreds of local residents gathered on Sunday, June 10 for the first inaugural Andrew Zweig Ripple Run, a 5K chip timed run/walk on a USATF certified course at Rockland Lake State Park in Valley Cottage, NY, starting in Parking Lot 4, at 9 am. The race was in honor of lifelong resident of Rockland County, […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a 5K Run/Walk set for Saturday, May 19, will help support Rockland County residents and their families who are impacted by mental illness. The event will take place at Rockland Lake State Park. It is co-sponsored by the Mental Health Association of Rockland (MHA of Rockland) and the National […]
Hundreds are expected to participate and thousands to line the streets of the 15th annual North Rockland Community 5K Run/Walk, which will begin and end at Bowline Park on Sunday, June 3. The popular race also is a fundraiser for local persons faced with serious health problems. Town of Haverstraw Supervisor Howard T. Phillips, Jr., Town of Stony […]
24th annual race benefits local fire depts., ambulance corps, soup kitchens The 24th annual South Nyack 10-Mile Run, set for Sunday, Sept. 9, has been designated the USA Track & Field-New York 10-mile championship. Race proceeds are to benefit the Orangetown Fire Company No. 1 (South Nyack) and Piermont volunteer fire departments, the Nyack Ambulance […]
Former Haverstraw Deputy Mayor and current village gadfly Ricky Sanchez has announced he is running for Village of Haverstraw trustee in 2012. It’s been almost a decade since Sanchez served in government and he’s lost several elections since then, including some by very narrow margins. Sanchez served two terms as Trustee of the Village of […]
BY SARA GILBERT The Town of Haverstraw board met Monday, June 25 to present three local families with checks from the 3-mile Fun Run and discuss purchases, the town’s audit and residents’ concerns. Once the pledge of allegiance was recited, roll call was taken, and adoption of the June 11 meeting was passed, Supervisor Howard […]