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A fundraiser for a Suffern D.A.R.E. hockey player diagnosed with cancer has been moved from today until tomorrow due to the weather. The Suffern Police Department is selling t-shirts in support of 16 year-old Josh Steinhardt, who is also a volunteer firefighter. All proceeds will be going directly to the Steinhardt family to help with medical costs. The shirts will be sold on Wednesday night from 5 to 8pm at the Leo Lydon building next to the DARE hockey rink on Yorkshire Drive in Suffern. For more information, call the Suffern Police Department at 845-357-2300.

Now you can own “Pretty Penny,” the Nyack home of the late Helen Hayes and comedian Rosie O’Donnell. The property was reportedly first listed at over 7.5 million dollars in 2008, and was last listed at about 4 million. Lohud.com says an auction company recently posted the 1.15-acre property at 235 North Broadway for auction, which will be held February 28th. For more information, contact the agent at 203-919-8991.

A new Ramapo inn has been named among the nine best new boutique spa hotels in the world, according to Conde Nast Traveler magazine. The magazine lists Borgo Santo Pietro in Tuscany, Italy, the Euphoria Retreat, in Sparta, Greece and, Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht says, the Valley Rock Inn & Mountain Club in Sloatsburg…

The 17 hotel rooms are currently divided among four historic cottages and feature spin, yoga and boot camp classes, a 7,000-square-foot gym and all sorts of biking activities. Massage rooms will open this summer, and fasting and meditation retreats are coming soon.

The Valley Rock Inn is part of the boost in and focus on tourism the county has experienced recently. In his State of the County address last week, Rockland County Executive Ed Day said tourism is great when people spend their money here, easing the burden on local taxpayers…

Day said the most recent New York State Tourism Economic Study showed tourism accounted for over 7 percent of all employment in Rockland and generated $31.5 million in local taxes, an increase of 4 percent from the previous year.

Now that Hillcrest’s former Fire Chief has taken over as the head of Rockland’s fire and emergency services it’s only fitting that he took over as the host of WRCR’s “Who Wants to be a Volunteer” program, heard here on Fridays at nine following the news. Chris Kear made his debut on Friday’s edition of the show, and said he’s been settling in to his new role, and he has lots to learn…

Kear served as Chief of Hillcrest Fire Company #1 from April 2007 thru April 2009. He was the Director of the Rockland County Fire Chiefs Association from March 2011 thru March 2015 and he has served as a Deputy Fire Coordinator for Rockland County Fire and Emergency Services since September 2013. Former Director Gordon Wren retired last year.