HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. - The Harriman Outdoor Center opened earlier this year in the summer, offering visitors the chance to experience the outdoors to varying levels.The center is nestled on the northeastern end of Breakneck Pond, a little over a mile drive down a windy road off Seven Lakes Drive. In the video above, Director of Lodging Operations Vinnie Spiotti discusses HOC, what it ...

NEW CITY, N.Y. - The supervisor's office on Maple Avenue felt more like a WFAN studio last month as George Hoehmann hosted the now-monthly Clarkstown Tele-Town Hall.The forum, similar to a talk radio show format, affords residents the chance to call in and ask the supervisor a question or express their concerns regarding town issues. The series was first announced last January and the ...

BLAUVELT, N.Y. - Growing up, Sister Ceil Lavin described herself as apolitical.“I didn’t have a political notion in my head,” said the New Rochelle resident and Blauvelt Dominican sister. But things changed for her during the 1980s as tensions between the United States and the former USSR escalated and the nuclear arms race accelerated. The thought of resulting devastation inspired her ...

MONSEY, N.Y. - When discussing his job as a physical therapist, Stanley L. Alpert explained that the beauty of the job is working closely with people, getting to know them.“The point is, you have to listen to people,” said Alpert, who practices at Stern Physical Rehabilitation in Monsey. It was that familiarity that ultimately led Alpert to make a call to a doctor that helped avert ...

Eight works of art from students enrolled at Rockland Community College were chosen by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s staff and SUNY officials for display in the governor's Washington D.C. office. In total, 34 works of student art were chosen from across all 64 SUNY campuses for the year-long exhibit. An additional work was selected by SUNY officials for an exhibit in the SUNY Administration ...

The Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education in Ramapo is in a state of transition. If one were to visit the museum, they’d find the exhibits and artifacts packed away in boxes or placed in storage. It’s due to the renovation of a new 7,000-square-foot space at Rockland Community College where the museum signed a long-term lease and will be permanently located.The ...

SUFFERN, N.Y. -- It’s a simple question: “What’s the most DVlicious Italian restaurant in the county?”Sounds straightforward, right? But with a dizzying array of options – everything from old-school red sauce joints to modern takes on Grandma’s homemade cooking to trattorias with gourmet pizzas -- the answer can be hard to answer.We asked for your favorites; three have been narrowed ...

A New Jersey woman was handed a number of vehicle and traffic violations, and found to have a BAC twice the legal limit following a car crash on the Tappan Zee Bridge, police said.  Larissa Spratt, 40, of Wanaque, New Jersey, was charged with aggravated DWI, a Class E felony, early Sunday morning at 4:10 a.m. following the crash, according to New York State Police. Driving a GMC Envoy, ...

Rockland organizations and businesses are helping people cope with the results of the presidential election through healing events. The first such event took place Wednesday evening at Grace Episcopal Church in Nyack and a second one will be hosted Thursday night by Rockland County Pride Center at the Nyack Center, a sister organization.The idea for the forum held by Grace Episcopal ...

The results of the 2016 presidential election shocked just about everyone. And while the way the vote went in New York was relatively unsurprising, the race in Rockland was fairly close. As expected Hillary Clinton won New York and its 29 electoral votes but the race in Rockland was decided by fewer than 7,000 votes. Clinton received 63,454 votes from the 277 districts in Rockland, ...