Woodcraft & Willow Suffern business owner Chris Devinney grew up surrounded by the smells of sandpaper and wood. His father Gary, a fellow furniture refinisher, owned Devinney’s Furniture Refinishing for 45 years and was the first to school Chris in the art of restoring wooden home pieces to their former glory. While the younger Devinney […]
St. Thomas Aquinas College was honored to welcome civil rights leader and global humanitarian Martin Luther King III to campus earlier this week for a special Black History Month fireside chat. Addressing a packed audience of over 500 attendees, including hundreds of St. Thomas Aquinas College and high school students, Mr. King shared inspirational words […]
An employee of the village of Spring Valley has filed a complaint with New York State Attorney General Letitia James accusing that Village Trustees of mismanagement. In a letter dated January 16, 2024 Frank Youngman, a part time Fire Inspector for Spring Valley, characterized Village Trustees as negligent in the upkeep of village facilities and […]
New York State has reached a historic agreement with The Nature Conservancy to permanently protect more than 14,600 acres of ecologically rare and culturally significant natural resources in the Adirondacks through two conservation easements and a research consortium initiative. This collaboration will provide new public recreational access in the Raquette River corridor and establish a […]
On Superbowl Sunday the Stony Point Seals once again plunged into the freezing cold waters of the Hudson River for a good cause. This year the group celebrated their 25th outing and successfully raised over $70,000 to help treat Elijah Torres, a five year old boy suffering from a rare neurological dis- ease, and Kayden […]
On February 7, the Town of Ramapo celebrated Black History Month at Town Hall by raising the Pan-African flag for the first time. The flag, which was created in the early 1900s, is a representation of the fight against racism and for freedom. It consists of three horizontal stripes: red for “the blood that unites […]