PRESS RELEASE FROM GOVERNOR CUOMO Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday in West Haverstraw announced that more than 70 prominent elected officials, labor leaders, community-based organizations, advocacy groups from throughout the Hudson Valley have joined the “Strong Families, Strong New York” campaign to fight for passage of paid family leave in New York State. These individuals […]
Sen. David Carlucci on February 19 held an informational meeting at the Valley Cottage Library concerning the proposal to expand Hook Mountain State Park by acquiring the Marydell property of Upper Nyack through the State Trust for public Land. Thirty acres of the land, owned since 1924 by the Sisters of our Lady of Christian […]
To the Editor, Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center officially closed on December 31, 2015. The final years of operation for the hospital were immersed in controversy over the decision to first sell and then to close. This is now in the past. Summit Park Hospital and The Dr. Robert L. Yeager Health Center is a proud […]
Hopper Drives Through Rockland By Harry Waitzman Before my grey hair and Buick, Ed Hopper drove from Nyack to Valley Cottage before Rt. 303 was widened and the three gas pumps stood as caryatids. I hear a Mack truck grinding up a hill, the two lane highway runs everywhere and nowhere. Hopper’s Dodge picks me up. […]
All are welcome to attend the grand opening of the Center for Muslim Life at Rockland Community College on Thursday, February 25, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Student Union, Toom 3201. Halal food will be served. For more information contact [email protected].
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY The Rockland Sherriff’s Dept. evicted Subway sandwich shop on Main St., Nyack for not paying rent in over four months. The Subway shop was located on the upper level of the Old Riverspace strip mall. The Village of Nyack currently owns the strip mall after the last owners entered litigation with the […]