The New York Blood Center is hosting a blood drive today at Palisades Center in West Nyack to help fill the critical need for blood in the region. The drive is being held today from noon until 6pm on Level One near H&M. Participating donors get a $10 digital gift card that can be used at a select number of businesses at Palisades Center. To register, click here.
Clarkstown Supervisor: Yelling at Each Other at Meetings Not Productive
Yes, people are on edge. Yes, people are tired of wearing masks. But those aren’t reasons for people to yell and shout at each other and cause a school board meeting to be shut down. That’s what happened last Thursday as the Clarkstown Central School district, which has put a mask policy in place for the upcoming school year. Town supervisor George Hoehmann says we all want the pandemic to go away, but yelling and shouting at each other won’t make that happen…
Based on CDC guidelines, the school district will be requiring masks be worn on buses and in class starting September first when the school year begins. The school district is scheduled to hold another meeting on Thursday at 6:30, the Board is expected to immediately go into Executive Session and there will be no public agenda items for discussion.
Boulders Drop First in Three-Game Series Against Tri-City ValleyCats
In Frontier League baseball…the New York Boulders were upstate to start a three-game series against the Tri-City ValleyCats. The Boulders were down 6-2 in the 8th, but there were runners on second and third for the Boulders’ DH Ryan Ramiz…
And that was Joe Mixie with the call courtesy of the Tri-City ValleyCats radio network. That was where the Boulders’ scoring would end, as they lost to the ValleyCats, 8-3. They play again tonight at 6:30.
GoFundMe Page Set up for Spring Valley Teen Killed in Car Crash on Thruway
A GoFundMe page has been set up for a Spring Valley teen, a recent graduate from Spring Valley High School and standout football player, killed Sunday morning on the New York State Thruway in a car crash. 19 year-old Rashid Hopson was pronounced dead at the scene by the Medical Examiner after the car in which he was a back seat passenger struck another car on I-87 northbound. The Journal News says a candlelight vigil honoring Hopson is being held tonight at 7:30 p.m. on the Spring Valley football field. 18 year-old Ashawn Duncan, a teammate of Hopson’s, was reportedly recovering from his injuries in the intensive care unit at Nyack Hospital. You can find the GoFundMe page in this news article on our website.
Spring Valley Police Looking for Man Who Reportedly Vandalized a Local Church
Spring Valley Police are asking for your help in finding a man that reportedly vandalized an area church. Police say the man caused thousands of dollars’ worth of damage on Thursday by breaking numerous pieces of property and statues at the Church of St. Joseph in Spring Valley located at 245 North Main Street. If you have any information, contact the police department at 845-356-7400 or send an email to tips@villagespringvalley.org. Reference case 21SV12159.