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Zachary Croce

Community Editor

zcroce@dailyvoice.com

Zac Croce is a Community Editor in Rockland County. He was born and raised in Suffern and graduated from the University of Delaware. Before joining the Daily Voice, Zac worked as a reporter for a weekly newspaper in Bergen County, N.J. where he covered the towns of Lyndhurst and North Arlington.

Zac was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Zachary Croce's Contributions

Neighbors

Black Bear Sightings In New Hempstead Have Residents Concerned NEW HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - These last three weeks have been atypical in Miriam Katz’s neighborhood in New Hempstead, just on the border of Pomona. Katz has lived on McNamara Road for 13 years and during that time bear sightings have been intermittent--they’d pop up here and there. But that is no longer the case for Katz who has begun to encounter black bears at her home on an almost daily basis. “It’s just insane,” she said over the phone. The bears are typically drawn to the smell of food and often show up and try to get into garbage cans in the neighborhood. When dealing with black bears …

by Zachary Croce

09/25/2016

Business

Complex With Supermarket Would Be A First In New Square The village of New Square could have it's first full-service supermarket if an application to build a 30,000-square-foot structure gets the green light from the state, according to lohud.com. Dubbed the Heritage Park Industrial Complex, the $6 million project would include a supermarket, a poultry packaging facility, and offices in a two-story building located at 20 Mezritch Road. The supermarket would be located on the ground floor--which will be 15,000 square feet--with the offices above, according to the report. Until this point residents have relied on a number of smaller stores to meet …

by Zachary Croce

09/25/2016

Traffic

Bridge In Ramapo To Be Featured In Calendar The Montebello Road Bridge was build in 1936 and added to the National Registry of Historic Place in 2002. However, the bridge was destroyed when from Hurricane Irene hit back in August 2011.It took several years for the bridge to be rebuilt before it reopened last November. Now, the Montebello Road Bridge will be recognized and featured in the 2017 calendar issued by the New York Conference on Bridges, County Executive Ed Day announced. The county undertook the reconstruction of the 53-foot bridge, which spans the Mahwah River, at a cost of $3.7 million. “We’re proud to show the rest of …

by Zachary Croce

09/24/2016

Events

Music, BMX Stunts, Family Fun In Stony Point There is plenty of family fun to be had this weekend in Stony Point. The 2016 Fall Festival and Family Fun day kicks off Saturday morning with a number of activities for the kids and parents to enjoy. The event is sponsored by the Stony Point Police Youth Bureau and the Police Athletic League. Featured at the event will be a BMX Bike Pros Trick Team show and a performance by the Hurley Mountain Band. Face painting, inflatables, a petting zoo, pony rides, a Boy Scouts Rock Climbing Wall, and a zip line will be there for visitors as well. The festivities kick off Saturday morning at 1…

by Daily Voice

09/23/2016

Neighbors

'Community Connection' At Blauvelt Fall Festival BLAUVELT, N.Y. - It’s a different kind of experience compared to most street fairs and festivals at the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt’s Fall Festival. “I think it’s the connection with the fact that we’ve been here for so long, and people come because they know the nuns, or they know that we’ve been here and that we’ve been their neighbors,” Sister Grace Augustine explained recently. Sister Augustine is an assistant principal at St. Luke School in the Bronx and has been on the festival’s board since 1992. The first festival took place at a hotel in the Bronx in 1950, and was started by the…

by Zachary Croce

09/23/2016

Lifestyle

Art, Food, Drinks In A Brick Alley This Weekend In Garnerville GARNERVILLE, N.Y. - Three connecting industrial spaces and a 19th century alleyway will serve as the setting for a unique block party. The 2016 Brick Alley Block Party kicks off the 2016-2017 season this Saturday at the Garner Arts Center and its fall exhibit, "Transposing Perception." The event is part of Haverstraw's 400th anniversary celebration. Artwork from Daniel Liss, Andrea Stanislav, Michael Zansky and others carefully examines the concept of “changing the relative place or normal order of things.” Their work will be displayed in the 8,000-square-foot Dye Works warehouse …

by Zachary Croce

09/22/2016

Neighbors

VanderWatch: Suffern's Grace VanderWaal To Make Late-Night Debut For those who are bummed they can't watch Suffern's Grace VanderWaal on "America's Got Talent" anymore, cheer up. VanderWaal is scheduled to appear Friday night on "The Tonight Show" starring Jimmy Fallon. Since winning AGT last week, the 12-year-old singer, songwriter, and ukulele player has been interviewed and featured in "People Magazine" and on a "Today" show segment. Locally VanderWaal will be honored with a parade in Suffern on Oct. 1 where she will be presented with the "Key to Rockland County." "The Tonight Show" is o…

by Zachary Croce

09/22/2016

Lifestyle

Chestnut Ridge Music Fest Brings Back Clean, Family Fun CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. - The Kodak pictures in Skip Herman’s photo album are filled with families, smiling people, and some well-known--legendary, even--guests. The Hungry Hollow Family Music Festival used to be held in Chestnut Ridge and came about in the 1990s when Herman’s kids were enrolled at the Green Meadow Waldorf School along with the children of local musician and Rockland resident Tom Chapin. The impetus for the festival was a school fundraiser and the two came up with the idea. Herman built the stage and Chapin performed for the kids. It built up steam in the ‘90s but it’s popu…

by Zachary Croce

09/21/2016

Politics

Former Candidate Running Again For Ramapo Town Council RAMAPO, N.Y. -- A Montebello resident who ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the town council in Ramapo is giving it another shot. Bill Weber announced his candidacy for an unexpired three-year term on the Ramapo Town Council on Thursday. The seat was vacated earlier this month by Councilman Sam Tress who was elected less than a year ago. Weber was his opponent and ran on the Ramapo United ticket that included Michael Parietti, Tomothy Scott, and Robert Romanowski. The announcement came in the form of a press release posted on a campaign Facebook page. "My commitment is to bringing…

by Zachary Croce

09/19/2016

Business

Rockland Brewery Founder Jeff O'Neill Talks Beer, Business Jeff O'Neil, owner and founder of Industrial Arts Brewing Co. in Garnerville, sat down with Daily Voice to talk beer, his new brewery, and more. Industrial Arts opened at the end of August in the Garnerville Arts and Industrial Complex off W. Railroad Ave. Prior to striking out on his own, O'Neil was the brewmaster at Peekskill Brewery and before that spent nine years at Ithaca Beer Co. IABC is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 1-7 p.m. It is located at 55 W. Railroad Ave, #25.

by Zachary Croce

09/18/2016

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