Three people have died at nearby lakes that are off-limits to swimming BY BILL DEMAREST BEAR MOUNTAIN – In the aftermath of three drownings this summer at state park lakes where swimming is prohibited, parks officials plan on conducting a review of warning signs in the parks and their safety outreach efforts. “Our parks are […]
Stony Point, N.Y. – New York State Assemblyman James Skoufis (99th District) paid a visit to Stony Point’s Rose Memorial Library on July 17 to check out improvements to the 3,500 sq. ft. building located at 79 East Main Street and to learn about new programs and plans for the library, which has served the […]
Thiells United Methodist Church has a new pastor, Rev. Bernie Khaw. He and his wife Ruth moved to New York this month from Millen, GA. Reverend Jessica Campbell and her husband Jonathan have moved on. She is now pastor at Franklin Lakes Methodist Church, N.J. and he is manager of CUMAC (food and clothing etc. […]
This year teens from the Hudson Valley Teen Summer Theatre are putting on “Avenue Q The School Edition” at Clarkstown High School South in West Nyack. The show is based on Jeff Whitty’s book and Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx’s score supplies an upbeat and extremely witty experience. Stacy Moye is directing again and she […]
BY MATT SHI Betty Jablonski is a second-time cancer survivor and an activist for the rights of non-smoking tenants of Rockland County’s multi-public housing. “I do not want to hear the words ‘you have cancer’ again,” she wrote in 2008. Over the years she has continued to lobby for a change in Rockland’s smoking policies. […]