BY DIANE DIMOND It is hard to believe or understand, but people confess to committing crimes — sometimes horrible crimes — when they are completely innocent. It happens more often than you can imagine. False confessions can be traced to unjust interrogation techniques, poor legal advice or even the mental illness of the suspect. That’s […]
Pomona Driver Dies After Hitting O&R Truck Joseph Thompson was identified after his body was pulled from a crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway on Friday, June 1. The 38-year-old Pomona man rear-ended an Orange and Rockland Utilities truck near Ext 11 in New City with his 2007 Ford Freestar. According to investigations, Thompson was […]
North Rockland School Board moves through agenda quickly, approves unanimously BY SARA GILBERT The North Rockland Central School district met on Tuesday, June 5 at the North Rockland High School auditorium to honor award winners, welcome new teachers, say goodbye to retiring ones and approve funding and amendments. Megan Monteith, a first-grade teacher at North […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE — Hudson Valley High School Metro awards in musical theater go to Clarkstown High School South for Duet Performance; “Hello Little Girl” by Gina Tenore and Mitchell Schneider (Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf) in “Into the Woods;” Instrumentalist, Pearl River High School, “Damn Yankees” David Aver (Bass); Musical […]
Franco Inducted Into Mets Hall of Fame BY JOE RINI For Mets fans, it was a weekend to celebrate a lefthander from their past and a present day lefty whose future looks brighter than it did a few months ago. On Friday June 1, Johan Santana no-hit the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals at Citi […]
Neurosurgeon and Montebello Mayor Jeff Oppeneheim has endorsed businessman and noted tax-cutting Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin in New York’s 17th Congressional District (Westchester-Rockland.) “Joe Carvin is the ideal Republican candidate to challenge Nita Lowey in November,” said Dr. Oppenheim, who had previously considered running for the seat. “He is a fiscal hawk and a […]