Bardonia News

BARDONIA - As the juniors of Tom Anderson's U.S. history class funneled into their classroom, West Point Cadet Erik Hoempler pulled at his shirt cuffs and stood up straight as if he were called into formation.

Should Rockland host more malls? Prepare for a significant increase in the number of residents over age 65? What about ensuring adequate power and water supplies? Such issues are among the concerns the public can opine upon during a workshop at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the county Fire Training Center, 35 Firemen's Memorial Drive in Ramapo.

When Irene Gregoriades decided to pursue a military career after high school, it didn't surprise her mother.

NYACK - Bob Sartori spent his Thanksgiving Eve working alongside other volunteers at the First Reformed Church on Broadway, but for him, the holiday season wasn't the driving force behind his volunteering.

At Tuesday's meeting, the Rockland County Legislature approved the purchase of artwork from Arizona for $100,000. Though people vehemently spoke against such a purchase considering the current economic climate, legislators cited Local Law No.

A fund-raiser for the Thomas J. Foley Viking Memorial Scholarship Fund will be held starting at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lexington Grille in Bardonia.

Barry Fixler grew up on war stories about the Marines, told to him by his father, a World War II veteran and a survivor of the bombing at Pearl Harbor.

You can add bottled water to your bin of redeemable containers now that a new state law has gone into effect requiring a nickel deposit at the checkout counter.

NEW CITY - Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef's proposed 2010 county budget slashes funding to contract agencies, seeks pharmacy co-payments from county workers and estimates sales-tax revenues to be only slightly less than 2009 estimates.

After living in their Bardonia home for more than 16 years, the Rodriguez family was looking for a change.

BARDONIA: Students from the class of 2009 at Albertus Magnus High School were recognized by the College Board for achieving excellence on their AP examinations in May.

BARDONIA - Children peered at the yellowing paper filled with cursive penmanship that described the day 50 years ago when students at Bardonia Elementary School filled a time capsule with mementos for future generations.

Some residents across the region watched President Barack Obama's nationally televised speech to Congress feeling re-energized by what they heard, while others found little to abate the misgivings they have about the sweeping health-care reforms being proposed.

Prudently, Rockland takes a page out of Westchester's play book Rockland County legislators, looking to thin the deer herd, plan to form a task force to study the effectiveness and practicality of allowing bow hunting in county parkland.

RAMAPO - A West Nyack tattoo parlor became the first Rockland establishment fined by the county Board of Health for violating a new law governing body art.

BARDONIA - A 21-year-old Suffern man died around 1:45 a.m. yesterday after a car crash on the New York State Thruway.

The little bank that couldn't, finally has. Greater Hudson Bank on Friday reported a second-quarter profit of $126,946, or 1 cent per share.

BARDONIA: Katherine Ann Emeigh graduated May 9 summa cum laude from The College of St.

Police want to know who spray painted racist and anti-Jewish graffiti at a suburban New York high school.

BARDONIA - Clarkstown police are looking for the people who spray painted racist and anti-Jewish graffiti outside the Albertus Magnus High School press box and left other unidentified markings inside the building.