High Time for Happy Spirits

BY MICHAEL CAHILL  Defiant Brewery in Pearl River brings magic to Rockland County The Defiant Brewery in Pearl River has been serving up delicious small batch, local beers since 2006. For those of you out there looking for the perfect thing to bring to Thanksgiving dinner, maybe a growler of their beer is what you […]

College Sports Notebook — On your mark, get set, GO!

As anyone who has competed might attest, but this year especially on its 30th anniversary, an illustrious cast featuring current and former scholastic and collegiate standouts (and not-so-standouts) is expected to toe the line for the annual Bill Markiewicz Memorial/Rockland County Alumni Cross-Country Run on Nov. 24 at Bear Mountain State Park. The three-mile run, […]

RBA Hosts Information on Post-Sandy Business Recovery

BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland Business Association hosted a panel of local organizations and subsequent networking event at 8 a.m. on November 19 in order to educate local business owners on rebuilding and expanding their operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The panel included Hubert Christophe of HANDYPRO, Tom Morley of RCC’s Small Business […]

Change is Coming to the Republican Party

Statement from the Republican Liberty Caucus   WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks made at a post-election event for members, Republican Liberty Caucus National Chairman Dave Nalle observed that “If you nominate a candidate who has a position to please every constituency you run the risk that voters will decide that this is the same thing […]

SPRING VALLEY SWINDLER APPREHENDED

DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced this week that 64-year-old Linwood Carter, of 157 North Road, White Plains, New York has been arrested and arraigned on one count of grand larceny in the third degree, a class “D” felony. Carter, an insurance agent who owns and operates the Carter Insurance Agency, […]

Sandy Recovery Update

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that the Disaster Recovery Center located in Pomona will be closed on Thursday, November 22nd, and Friday, November 23rd, for Thanksgiving. The center will reopen on Saturday, November 24th, and resume the normal hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to assist Rocklanders affected by […]

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