Considering the Future of Rockland County Schools

BY MICHAEL CAHILL Pattern for Progress issues a report analyzing how solid Rockland’s educational infrastructure is for the coming decade Declining enrollment rates and a shrinking tax base will have a profound effect on Rockland Countyโ€™s school districts over the next eight years, according to a report from the Hudson Valley non-profit Pattern for Progress. […]

2012 Pinewood Derby Results from Races on March 24

The Pinewood Derby is an annual event held by Scout Pack 2017 in Stony Point. ย  Speed Awards Overall Pack Winners Car # / Scout Name Den Car Name Grand Prize #1 โ€“ Shane Blauvelt Bear Cool Bus 2ndย Place #65 โ€“ Declan Sheehan Wolf Blue/Gold Racer 3rdย Place #70 โ€“ Nicholas Sullivan Wolf The Dark Knight […]

Penguin Repertory, Stony Point Sets 2012 Season of Four Plays

Penguin Repertory, Stony Point Sets 2012 Season of Four Plays

BY GEORGE J. DACRE The Penguin Repertory Theater is beginning its 35th season on May 18 with the classic “The Hound Of The Baskervilleโ€. Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Executive Director Andrew Horn run โ€œThe gutsiest little theatre off Broadway with a lawnโ€. “The Hound Of The Baskervilles” by John Nicholson and Steve Caney is […]

New Officer Named, Intelligence and Narcotics Task Force Discussed, Receiver of Taxes Appointed

BY MICHAEL CAHILL Busy Stony Point Board Meeting on Tuesday CORRECTION: The originally published version of this article inaccurately stated that Councilman Javenes voted against the resolution to bring back Stony Point’s officer from the Joint Task Force. Javenes voted with the rest of the board in aย unanimousย approval of the resolution.ย  The Stony Point Town […]

Lowdown on March 21 Village of West Haverstraw Board Meeting

BY JESSICA DOWNER The first order of business at West Haverstraw Village Hall on Wednesday, March 21 was the impending repair to Peckโ€™s Pond. The pond, where most residents go to enjoy a walk, run, or bring their children to play, needs epairs for the upcoming warmer weather months. In 2011 the estimated funding for […]

STONY POINT OFFICIALS CELEBRATE $50K CDBG

Stony Point officials were thrilled to receive $50,000 from the federal government in this year’s Community Development Block Grant after being totally shut out in 2011. Said Councilwoman Luanne Konopko, who made aggressive pursuit of block grants one of her original campaign promises in 2009, “I can’t tell you how pleased and grateful I am. […]

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