Valley Cottage News Archives

CONGERS: After a rainout yesterday, the Congers Fire Department Carnival will start at 2 p.m. today and tomorrow, two hours earlier than originally planned.

If you think quilting is an activity popular only among a certain set, think again.

HAVERSTRAW - Final remediation is under way at the site of a former landfill that forced families from their homes in the 1990s.

Clarkstown police today released the name of a motorcyclist killed in an accident Saturday.

Route 35: Michael T. Ricotta, 23, of Cross River was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.

Thousands of drivers will be forced to use hilly, windy, narrow roads and tricky intersections next month when the Mountainview Avenue bridge is shut down for repairs.

RAMAPO - A vending machine company that provides food throughout the Northeast was fined by the Rockland Board of Health today for not having the proper permits to package and sell food.

I had the pleasure of seeing Liberty Elementary School students in their final performance of 'I Am a Book 2,' the play that was the focus of Monday's Inside Education column, 'Nyack elementary students tackle censorship in class play.' Were were among more than 400 appreciative children, teachers and guests at the Valley Cottage Elementary School ...

Despite the growing trouble in the global economy, or perhaps because of it, houses of worship in Rockland appear to be flourishing.

Troopers charged six motorists with driving while intoxicated after recent traffic stops and an accident investigation, state police said today.

VALLEY COTTAGE - Liberty Elementary School teacher Colette Tiktin has a social conscience.

My staff and I at Salon FX would like to thank all those involved in helping to make our free haircut offer a success.

VALLEY COTTAGE - It was a year ago when The Watcher reported concerns about the construction of a parking lot in a residential area off Route 9W.

Get out your white suit - it's Friday night fever at the Nyack Center. Rivertown Film will present its second Dance to the Movies tonight, including a 'Swing to the Movies' competition, judged by George Garcia and Paolo Lanna of Westchester Ballroom in Pleasantville.

The Rockland County medical examiner yesterday reversed a decision he made last week to suspend organ harvesting from patients whose families agreed to donations because he said the process took too much time, according to memos sent to both of the county's acute care hospitals.

CB Richard Ellis' Capital Markets Debt & Equity Finance group recently arranged $6 million in permanent fixed-rate mortgages for three industrial/flex properties located in the tri-state area.

STONY POINT - To say that Tom Bottoni of Stony Point is a character, well, that might be an understatement.