Rockland Development Council celebrated the “Spirit of Giving” at its 20th annual Philanthropy Day Breakfast on Thursday, November 7 at the Crowne Plaza, Suffern, NY. With over 220 attendees, the event is the largest annual gathering of non-profit agencies and philanthropists in the county. “Of all the events I go to every year, this one […]
PHOTOS BY SCOTT WATERS SUFFERN – Two townhouses at the Ramapo Cirque complex on Chippewa Court in Suffern were enveloped in flames Sunday evening, November 9. Suffern Fire Department responded to the scene of the inferno, which sparked around 6:30 p.m. Additional mutual aid was provided by Hillburn, Mahwah, Sloatsburg, Monsey and Tallman fire departments. […]
HILLCREST – Around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 firefighters were dispatched to 2 Orchard Street in Hillcrest for a structure fire. Firefighters arrived on scene and found an active working fire that engulfed most of the residential home. Five fire departments arrived on scene to provide mutual aid. No residents or firefighters were injured. […]
NEW CITY – The State Comptroller’s Office has given its approval to Rockland County Executive Edwin Day’s 2020 proposed budget. The state comptroller’s office reviewed the proposed $729.9 million spending plan, which stays under the state property tax cap while investing in critical infrastructure improvements, funding new state mandates and providing for the future of […]
WEST NYACK – The Clarkstown Detective Bureau has announced that a joint law enforcement operation with the New York City Police Department and Queens District Attorney’s Office in the month of September netted over 15 kilos of controlled substances – worth an estimated street value of $2.4 million – leading to the arrest of a […]
Carolyn Fish, a nationally and internationally known leader in the fight against domestic violence and a founder of a shelter for women in Rockland County, has died. The Haverstraw resident was 71. Services will be held on Sunday morning at 9:30 at Beth Am Temple in Pearl River. Fish was the shelter’s executive director for […]