There were a couple smoky days in Stony Point this week, as winds that passed over the wildfires in Harriman State Park drifted over town, however the fire seen in this photo came from a different source. On Monday a careless smoker threw a lit cigarette into the mulch outside the Stony Point Shop-Rite. According […]
Originally published February 2, 2012 “BACK TO OUR ROOTS,” Part I BY JARED RODRIGUEZ A forward thinking column on zoning and planning by North Rockland’s favorite son Jared Rodriguez, a recent graduate from the NYU Master’s program in Real Estate Development, as well as an adjunct professor at NYU I was lucky to have known […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Pattern for Progress issues a report analyzing how solid Rockland’s educational infrastructure is for the coming decade Declining enrollment rates and a shrinking tax base will have a profound effect on Rockland County’s school districts over the next eight years, according to a report from the Hudson Valley non-profit Pattern for Progress. […]
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will soon start a detailed environmental study at Temco Uniforms, a superfund site located at 29 Samsondale Ave, West Haverstraw, NY located in Rockland County. The inactive hazardous waste site where this study will be held is listed as a Class “2” site in the State Registry […]
BY JARED RODRIGUEZ Every great town or village has its showcase residential street. Nyack has North Broadway. Grand View has River Road. Suffern dons stately Victorians on Washington Avenue. In the historic Village of Haverstraw, Hudson Avenue belongs on a postcard. One can argue that the riverfront village boasts two separate trophy Victorian streets, Hudson […]
By Donna Schmidt In 1997, Samuel Harps was wearing sunglasses. His future looking bright, he took them off and laid them on the table. He and an actor friend, Tony Ortiz, were at SUNY Rockland Community College showing one of Harps’ plays when a gentleman approached them, “I would like to donate to your organization, […]