BY GEORGE J. DACRE The Rockland Boulders, Rockland’s only professional baseball team, will kick off their third season at Provident Bank Ballpark in Pomona May 16 against the Newark Bears. The 7 p.m. game will feature to-be-announced opening day activities. The big news is the team will be without their manager for their first two seasons, Dave […]
BY CANDACE RIVERA The Town of Ramapo held their first annual Haitian Heritage Night, Wednesday night at the Ramapo Town Hall. Guests enjoyed Haitian food, music, and poetry. The festivities also included speeches from two young Haitian natives now living in Rockland County. Lotechine Brevil, an eighth grader at Pomona Middle School, spoke about the day […]
BY VINNY MURPHY Across from an inactive landfill, a piece of history has been restored. In Hillburn’s Torne Valley, students and volunteers have reconstructed a small saltbox house as an educational facility and research center. The house is a monument to the valley’s past and its journey has been an interesting one. In 1997, Chuck […]
BY LEGAL LARRY The controversial development of a parcel in Ramapo known as Patrick Farm was again the subject of recent appellate court decisions. The proposed development by the current owner seeks to build high-density, multifamily housing on 208 acres of woods off Routes 202 and 306 outside Pomona. The lawsuits challenge the findings made […]
By Michael Riconda A special ceremony was held at the Ramapo Town Hall at 7 p.m. on September 10 to honor the memories of those lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The ceremony was attended by friends and loved ones of those lost in the attacks, the Ramapo Town Board, representatives of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Demonstrators gathered at Ramapo Town Hall at 7:15 p.m. on July 9 to raise awareness of the town’s budgetary woes and voice their objections to the conduct of Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence. Preserve Ramapo organized the event in response to perceived misuse and diversion of public funds, alleged damage done to […]