On Wednesday, June 12,2013 The Stony Point Lions Club awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Fanta Sissoko from North Rockland High School. Sissoko is ranked #66 out of 567 in her class and will study physical therapy at Sienna College in upstate New York.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Residents of Stony Point flocked to a special public presentation on the Champlain-Hudson Power Express energy transmission line on June 18 to ask questions and provide commentary, packing the Town Board’s meeting room and the adjacent hallway in a large show of community opposition to the highly-controversial project. The project, which has […]
Socks for Soldiers is coming to Rockland County. The program supplements the efforts of the Yarmouth Rotary in MA which forwards care packages directly to troops stationed on the front lines of Afghanistan. One of the most precious items requested for troops is socks, as described by the Yarmouth coordinator who states that muddy season […]
Andrew Luisi, 22, of Stony Point, N.Y., has been accepted into the Peace Corps and departed for Liberia, Africa on June 4 to begin training as an education volunteer. During the first three months of his service, Luisi will live with a host family in Liberia to become fully immersed in the country’s language and […]
At the 10th annual North Rockland 3-Mile Run/Walk this past weekend, the towns of Haverstraw and Stony Point joined together to recognize the numerous contributions of Jeannie Nicolakis, executive manager and owner of Sparky’s Diner in Garnerville, to the North Rockland community. The towns presented Nicolakis with a plaque commemorating her “unparalleled dedication and devoted […]
PHOTOS BY BRETT S. NELSON