Last day to register for the Mixed Doubles Pickleball Tournament is Friday, June 24th at 12:00 PM. The tournament will take place this Saturday, June 25th.
Community
Tickets still available for Haverstraw Youth trip to Yankee/Mets game July 27th
Tickets are still available for Mets/Yankees! The Town of Haverstraw Youth Board Annual Baseball Trip will be on July 27 at 7:10 pm.
Buses leave at 4:30 pm – $56 pp – Call 845-429-2200 Ext. 329 to reserve your tickets or email Lorraine at larocena.townofhaverstrawyb@gmail.com.
Seating is limited. Events are planned and scheduled for the Town of Haverstraw Youth.
Sixth annual Lake DeForest Day June 25th
The Sixth Annual Lake DeForest Day, set for Saturday, June 25, will feature a Family Walk and 5K run across the Freedom Causeway to benefit Keep Rockland Beautiful and Hackensack Riverkeeper.
Returning after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the day will also feature public kayaking and the Supervisor’s Challenge — a kayak race between the five Rockland towns. Stony Point will seek to defend its championship of the Supervisor’s Cup. More than 400 paddlers, runners and walkers are expected to participate at the reservoir in West Nyack. Information about registration, fees and schedules can be found at www.LakeDeForestDay.com.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Hackensack Riverkeeper and Keep Rockland Beautiful.
Bailey the Beaver, Veolia’s conservation character, will also appear at the opening ceremonies.
Lake DeForest Day Schedule
● Supervisor’s Challenge 8:30 am
● Opening Ceremonies 9 am
● Family Walk/5K Fun Run 9:30 to 11 am
● Kayaking Sessions 9:30 to 11 am, 11:30 am to 1 pm and 1:30 to 3 pm
The kayaks will be launched at the north end of the causeway. All private vessels will be washed at the registration area to protect the water supply.
Parking for all events will be at the New City Little League field located at 41 Strawtown Road.
OFA Outreach Days
The Rockland County Office for the Aging will be kicking off our NY Connects Outreach days beginning Friday, June 24th at 2 p.m. at Finkelstein Memorial Library!
Staff will be on-site to assist with general information and applications (Medicaid, Medicare Savings Program, SNAP, and EPIC applications).
Farmers’ Market Coupons will be distributed pending availability. Call 845-364-2110 to confirm or for more information.
Finkelstein Memorial Library
24 Chestnut Street, Spring Valley, NY 10977
Friday, June 24th, 2 – 4pm
Friday, July 22nd, 2 – 4pm
Friday, August 26th, 2 – 4pm
Nyack Farmers’ Market
119 Main St, Nyack, NY 10960
Thursday, July 28th, 10am – 12pm
Haverstraw King’s Daughters Library
10 W Ramapo Rd, Garnerville, NY 10923
Friday, July 29th, 11am – 1pm
Sloatsburg Food Pantry
All Souls Community Church, 81 Washington Avenue, Suffern, NY 10901
August 3 and 9 from 1 – 3pm
Rose Memorial Libary Board responds to Stony Point Supervisor’s statements
Rose Memorial Library takes its role as a steward of the Town of Stony Point’s trust and financial investment very seriously. Some stories are going around about the potential cost of buying, renovating, and operating the former Stony Point school house at 117 W Main Street as the new library and center for gathering, learning and creating for town residents. The Library Board is interested in focusing on the facts:
● Rose Memorial Library has entered into a contingency contract to purchase 117 W Main St. on June 4, 2022 at a price of $1.425 million, contingent upon funding approval by the voters of Stony Point on the November ballot.
● That $1.425 million purchase price is the only concrete figure that is currently decided. All other figures and the annual budget will be determined, broken down for transparency, and shared widely, by the beginning of July. That amount will be legally locked-in as soon as the petition for signatures to get the referendum on the ballot is released.
● The actual cost to renovate the building is currently being determined by a professional estimator. However, two separate architecture/engineering teams with hundreds of library projects under their belts gave rough estimates of $8 million dollars, for everything from construction to parking lot to landscaping to furniture, after touring the building and property.
● Rose Memorial Library will not move forward on a construction project that was going to cost more than $8 million. It is neither a reasonable nor responsible ask of Stony Pointers and we know that.
● The amount requested for the project on the November ballot will include operating costs of the building. The operational costs are not yet determined.
● Rose Memorial Library is looking into NY State Library Construction grants, SAM facilities grants, sustainable energy grants, historic preservation grants, and private donations to offset as much of the cost as possible.
● This proposal is going directly through the Town of Stony Point. School taxes will not be impacted by this project whatsoever.
● Rose Memorial Library is not only the smallest library in Rockland County, but has the lowest funding, per capita, in the county. This town is being underserved by our current building and operations.
The Board of the Rose Memorial Library is concerned by recent statements by Supervisor Jim Monaghan that the project will cost $15 million. None of the figures Supervisor Monaghan cited in his recent post on social media are accurate or verified. We are troubled by any insinuation that the library project would somehow negatively impact schools or public safety. Libraries are an asset to a community, not a liability. Expanded library services and programming, updated public gathering spaces, and the restoration of a prominent historic building in the center of town will have a positive impact on our community. Rose Memorial Library is currently at capacity for many of our programs and are actively turning people away because we do not have the space to serve more residents of Stony Point. The demand is there, and we are trying to meet it.