By Keith S. Shikowitz Porta–potties are seen many places, from parks to construction sites and sometimes roadside rest stops. Many people try to avoid using them if possible due to the smell. The neighborhoods around Carol Avenue in West Haverstraw are finding out how impossible this is and are being stunk out by a porta-potty […]
By Lt. Cmdr. Marie Tillery, Navy Office of Community Outreach Photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Brown A 2014 North Rockland High School graduate and West Haverstraw, New York, native is providing a critical maintenance capability to the U.S. Navy’s submarine force in the Pacific as part of a hybrid crew of sailors and civilian […]
The longtime neighborhood staple Baxter’s Pharmacy of West Haverstraw is closing tonight, April 24, the Rockland County Times has confirmed. The news comes as a surprise to Baxter’s thousands of customers. The proprietors of Baxter’s, which has been located in the Samsondale shopping center for decades, continue to operate a pharmacy by the same name in Goshen, Orange […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE – Rockland County Executive Ed Day joined other officials last Thursday, Oct. 5 to announce the completion of a flood-prevention project along the Minisceongo Creek in West Haverstraw. “The work we have done will prevent a repeat of the catastrophic flooding that occurred here six years ago during Hurricane Irene,” he said. […]
PRESS RELEASE– Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced that the federal government has awarded the county $1.02 million to pay for repairs to the bank of the Minisceongo Creek in West Haverstraw. “This work is part of our ongoing efforts to maintain our infrastructure, including our streams and drainage areas,” the County Executive said. “This […]
Haverstraw arrested in Stony Point, accused of threatening ex with a hammer before beating and strangling her On April 25, 2017 the Stony Point Police Department arrested John M. Rose, 52, of 8 Phelps St in West Haverstraw on a litany of felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a violent domestic incident. Stony Point […]