The Stony Point Seals’ Polar Plunge founder John Fox and his buddies to start the town’s annual fling into the frigid surf off the town’s Hudson River coastline 19 years ago. This year, however, may be the last year the Stony Point Seals can call its annual event a “polar plunge.” To the surprise of […]
To the Editor, The Champlain Hudson Power Express (abbreviated CHPE, pronounced “chippy”), is a 333-mile, 1000-Megawatt transmission facility to be built by Transmission Development Inc. (TDI). This proposed transmission facility would bring 1000 megawatts of electricity generated from Canadian mega-dams to Queens, NY, where it would power about 1 million homes. The project is touted […]
Dr. Elliot Fagelman of Stony Point is the newest urologist to join Advanced Urology Centers of New York’s (AUCNY) Rockland County office in West Nyack, NY. He started January 8. Dr. Fagelman, a board certified physician, has extensive experience treating patients for all types of urologic issues. During the past 16 years, Dr. Fagelman worked […]
The First Presbyterian Church at the corner of West Main and Church St., Stony Point held its last service on Christmas Eve 2017, parishioners informed the Rockland County Times. The “Presbytery” conducted a final closing service on Sunday, January 7, 2018. One former member of the congregation said, “The church has a fascinating religious past. […]
Dueling lawyers go to bat over mini-mart upgrade in Stony Point BY KATHY KAHN A post-WW2 gas station/mini mart that hosts a Dunkin’ Donuts has applied to the Planning Board to make upgrades and improvements to the site on Willow Grove Road, but residents who live in the development that was built several years after […]
PHOTO BY THOMAS MCGUIRE A never-ending gray floats over murky December waters at Stony Point Bay. Some see beauty, others only the blues.