Sunny Italian Countryside in Rockland County

On December 10, 2011, the Piermont Historical Society will offer a program that will address a certain mystery in local architectural history. In “Italianate Residential Architecture in Rockland’s River Towns” -or- “Why & Where a Style Born in the Sunny Italian Countryside is Found in Rockland County,” Rockland architect Robert Silarski AIA will shed light […]

Good Samaritan Hospital chooses name Lesslie for Surgery Robot in Contest

Good Samaritan Hospital chooses name Lesslie for Surgery Robot in Contest

Less pain, less blood loss, less infections, and less scarring BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM Children from local schools descended on Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern for the results to a naming contest for the new da Vinci Si- Surgical System, a revolutionary robot that dramatically reduces risks associated with traditional surgery techniques. Excited children were […]

Congresswoman Hayworth to Host Hudson Valley Jobs Fair

U.S. Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, M.D., (NY-19) is hosting a jobs fair for job seekers in the Hudson Valley next Monday, November 14, 2011 at the Fishkill Recreation Center in Fishkill, New York.  The jobs fair is free and the public is encouraged to attend. Scheduled to attend Hayworth’s jobs fair are Hudson Valley employers seeking […]

October Blizzard is “Most Destructive Storm Ever”

October Blizzard is “Most Destructive Storm Ever”

Update on power outages from Orange and Rockland Utilities SEVERE-STORM TREE DAMAGE STILL CAUSING POWER OUTAGES; O&R URGES CUSTOMERS TO REPORT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS    As the region continues to recover from the most destructive storm ever to hit the O&R service area, new tree-related power outages are occurring as a result of residual tree and electric […]

MR. DAVITT PULLS A CRAZY STUNT

MR. DAVITT PULLS A CRAZY STUNT

Garnerville resident goes off the deep end, but luckily doesn’t drown BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Local gadfly Michael Davitt, of 32 Morton St, in West Haverstraw, decided to literally air out his frustrations Monday by hanging from a rope on the main spanof the Tappan Zee Bridge. He held a banner accusing County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef […]

NJ WEB NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT PAUL KRAMER HAS BEEN CAUGHT

NJ WEB NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT PAUL KRAMER HAS BEEN CAUGHT

Bergen County’s CLIFFVIEW PILOT is reporting that East Mahwah resident and fugitive of justice Paul Kramer has been tracked down by police in Missouri. Kramer was under house arrest at his parent’s Mahwah house, when he cut off his ankle bracelet the morning of September 22 and escaped, apparently swimming across the quarry pond in […]