PEARL RIVER, NY July 18, 2013 1 p.m. — O&R has declared a company-wide Storm Watch today in anticipation of a significant thunderstorm event hitting the region Saturday afternoon. Local weather forecasters at this point are predicting that Saturday a cold front will cross the area, breaking the heat wave but also bringing strong thunderstorm […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA AND MARC MOSS New City – In a bombshell revelation, the Rockland County Republican Committee revealed on July 15 that county legislator and Clarkstown Highway Department “constituents representative” Frank Sparaco, caught both Democratic and Republican officials proposing potential bribes in order to win the seat of Clarkstown’s Highway Superintendent for Democratic Highway […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN When Paul J. Alessi was the captain of the North Rockland High ice hockey team, the last thing on his mind was a career in acting. All he wanted to be was a hockey player. His first jobs ever, at the now defunct Lo Tor Ice Skating Rink, were as a guard, […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN There’s a new kid in town. The Stony Point Market, located on Route 210 across from Farley Middle School, is enjoying its first full summer in the neighborhood. Offering fresh daily home made baked goods, salads, soups, breakfast specials and overstuffed lunchtime heroes in a warm, homey atmosphere, the Market is on […]
On July 16, 20113 Curt Schilling Tweeted, “At the ending this season, the Rolaids award should be changed to the ‘Mariano Rivera Award’ #greatestcloserever.” There has been criticism of Schilling’s personality through the years, but all can agree on what the former Boston Red Sox pitcher is suggesting: The Rolaids relief award should be named […]
County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announced Thursday the New York State Department of Health confirmed the test results for the adult mosquitoes which were collected during the week of July 1 as part of the county’s ongoing West Nile Virus surveillance efforts. As of Thursday, that is the only infected pool found out […]