Here are the early betting lines on who will announce their candidacy for Rockland County Executive in 2013, provided by the editorial staff of the Rockland County Times. These are not odds on who will win, just who might announce themselves as a candidate. If we are forgetting anybody obvious, be sure to call in […]
BY JOE RINI Milestones for Dickey and Wright and Collins to Return in 2013 Although September was short on pennant race drama for the New York Mets, two players did scale team milestones during this last week of the 2012 season. David Wright became the Mets all-time hits leader and R.A. Dickey became the Mets […]
Last weekend several arrests were made for stealing from local stores. On Friday, September 28 at approximately 10:25 p.m. the Clarkstown Police responded to Macy’s at the Palisades Mall for a report of an employee stealing money from the cash register. Folaskye Pierre-Louis, 25, from Spring Valley was arrested after store security observed him remove […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Conservative Party’s September 26, 7:30 p.m. convention at the New City Town Hall continues to be marred by controversy, including claims of dishonesty, a lack of transparency and fraud, as well as persisting outrage over the scheduling of the event over Yom Kippur. The convention, which was closed to […]
BOCES Overcharging New York State Tax Payers According to an investigation by the Journal News and LoHud.com regional BOCES programs have overcharged New York school districts to the tune $473 million between 2007 and 2011. A recent report by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli uncovered that the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) regularly […]
The Rockland County Times publisher emeritus Armand Miele recently was a featured new author at a special reception held at the Palisades Center Mall’s Barnes and Nobles. Around 70 people in all showed up to hear from the authors, around 10 of them. After explaining what his book was to the audience and answering question […]