Pomona News

Grandson Michael Sparks, 11, and great granddaughter Mariah Sparks, 5, live in Stony Point and Pomona, New York.

HAVERSTRAW - Two boaters on the Hudson River were rescued during a sudden downpour yesterday.

If the past truly is prelude, the current exhibition at the Historical Society of Rockland County - 'The Tappan Zee Bridge: Transforming Rockland' - is a glimpse at our history and our future.

WEST HAVERSTRAW - A 19-year-old Pomona man will be arraigned today on felony charges stemming from a dispute with a woman inside a parked car at the Samsondale Plaza shopping center last night, police said this morning.

HAVERSTRAW - As 5-year-old John Baker slid down the slower of the two water slides at the Bowline Point Park pool area, it was evident he'd lost his two front teeth.

Many day camps in the Lower Hudson Valley open this week, and while directors are making plans to welcome back campers, they are also preparing for a less-welcomed part of this summer season: the swine flu.

NEW CITY - Wet weather did not deter a congregation celebrating its church's historic anniversary with a traditional strawberry festival yesterday.

I would like to add my objections to Scenic Development's plan for Patrick Farm.

Sewer systems in Pomona have become a little more secure as two pump stations that some residents called obsolete have been upgraded.

The Joint Regional Sewerage Board have recently upgraded three pump stations to make them more safe and secure.

GARNERVILLE - Despite the economy, Haverstraw residents still enjoy access to numerous recreational activities including parks, a golf course, summer concerts, youth trips and senior citizen programs.

POMONA - Theresa Dicandio has a picture-perfect backyard. A manicured lawn stretches toward the south branch of the Minisceongo Creek, which bends at that spot into thickly green woods.

POMONA - The Rev. George Houser is a committed pacifist whose views earned him FBI surveillance and a jail sentence and led to his life's work as a civil rights champion.

Heavy fog and rain was keeping the commute slow across the Lower Hudson Valley at 7 a.m. today.

POMONA Rockland County will auction off furniture and equipment online. Auctions International will conduct the auction beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 8 and end at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 22.

D. Penny Jennings became Rockland Community College's newest trustee on May 20. The Pomona resident works as founder and CEO of ACT, Inc., which stands for adults caring for teens.

The proposed development of the 208-acre Patrick Farm drew support Thursday night from construction workers needing jobs and opposition from neighbors wanting to preserve single-family zoning.

A mother bear and three cubs have been seen in backyards in the Halley Drive area of the village, police said this morning.

North Rockland school district voters comfortably voted to support a $187.6 million budget yesterday and elected two newcomers to the school board.

RAMAPO - Two separate cases - one involving a cow and the other involving chickens - that represent ongoing tensions within the community between religious practices and zoning rules, were heard in Town Court yesterday.