GINSBURG AND HAVERSTRAW CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF WATERFRONT PROMENADE PARK

GINSBURG AND HAVERSTRAW CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF WATERFRONT PROMENADE PARK

PRESS RELEASE Ginsburg Development Companies (GDC) and Haverstraw village officials this week celebrated the completion of the final phase of the new Haverstraw Waterfront Promenade Park, a half-mile long village park adjacent to GDC’s Harbors-at-Haverstraw residential development. Martin Ginsburg, principal of GDC, turned over a symbolic key to Haverstraw Village Mayor Michael Kohut in a […]

Fire displaces many seniors in Orangetown

Fire displaces many seniors in Orangetown

Edited from Nyack Free Press; Photos from Kenny Flynn and Nyack Free Press ORANGEBURG – Twenty-five residents of the Cortwood Village senior housing complex in Orangeburg were displaced by a fire there Saturday night, July 25, with the American Red Cross called in to assist them with shelter. The residents were affected by a fire […]

Clarkstown Republicans up in arms over credit downgrade

Clarkstown Republicans up in arms over credit downgrade

Hoehmann, Borelli blame Gromack BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Clarkstown Republican leaders are not happy with Standard and Poor’s recent decision to downgrade the town’s credit rating and are pinning the blame on Supervisor Alexander Gromack, accusing him of years of fiscal mismanagement. Town Councilman George Hoehmann, who announced his candidacy for town supervisor […]

Shakespeare Meets Broadway Producer

BY THE SPECTATOR, JOHN MALONEY It’s been a while since I appeared in print but I’ve been busy doing other things – like trying to come up with an idea for a column. I watched the Tony Award not too long ago and what struck me was the lack of original stories or plays. Where […]

DUMB MOVE OF THE WEEK: Boulders to host “DWI Awareness Night” during same game as beer giveaway

DUMB MOVE OF THE WEEK: Boulders to host “DWI Awareness Night” during same game as beer giveaway

The Rockland Boulders will be hosting seemingly contradictory promotions at their Thursday, August 27 home game. STOP DWI Rockland County will be the main theme of the night, as the Boulders do their part to promote responsible consumption of alcohol. But somewhat ironically, that night also marks one of 10 “Thirsty Thursdays” over the course […]

East Ramapo School Board Members Abruptly End Meeting

East Ramapo School Board Members Abruptly End Meeting

STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN If you blinked, then you missed the school board meeting. That’s because it didn’t happen. “What we witnessed last night was this board’s sheer arrogance and blatant disregard for the community,” Eric Grossfeld, Co-founder of the Get Up, Stand Up: East Ramapo advocacy group, said after board members canceled the meeting […]