SUPERMOON CAPTURED!
Two striking photos of Saturday, June 23’s “Supermoon” by local photo-man Thomas Mcguire
The Queen of Quirk Hails from North Rockland!
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF What can you say about Progressive Insurance’s contagiously quirky advertising icon Flo? She’s a one-of-a-kind; but did you know, she’s also a North Rockland-kind? That’s right, the face and voice behind the advertising sensation Flo is Stony Point native Stephanie Courtney, daughter of retired longtime North Rockland High School high school social studies […]
July 4th Events in Rockland and Around the Region
June 30 – Ramapo, Celebration of Liberty & Pride will be at Rockland Community College. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the event features local entertainment, skydivers and the bands, Groovy Tuesday, Ryan Volser, Chevonne and the Fuzz and Kick Start Charlie. A sensational fireworks display will start at 9:30 p.m. by Zambelli Fireworks International. […]
Oswald the Grouch
Oswald Boncoeur has been identified as the West Haverstraw Grouch who has filed numerous complaints about children playing basketball in his street. At a recent village board meeting Boncoeur cited an arcane village regulation that banned all ball-playing in streets–even side streets like his own–and local parents are worried that their children might be barred […]
RAMAPO IMPROPERLY DENIES RCT FOIL REQUEST
Police sources tell the newspaper the town is fibbing Following the FBI raid on town hall in early May, Ramapo police made the unusual move of publicly announcing the overtime costs of an anti-Internet event held by persons within the Hasidic and Orthodox community at the ballpark in Pomona the following week. Police said over […]
NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN
Orangetown’s new Stop & Shop on Rt. 303 hosted a ribbon-cutting June 7. The supermarket donated to local causes, including the police, Goodwill and the Blauvelt Lions Club, as a goodwill gesture.