BY DYLAN SKRILOFF At Tuesday’s Public Safety Committee hearing a resolution introduced by Leg. Chair Harriet Cornell (D) urging the state and federal government to support numerous gun control and mental health provisions was passed unanimously. It will be discussed at the full Legislature on Tuesday. The most controversial points in Cornell’s resolution are support for […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA The awards season reaches its pinnacle on Sunday, February 24 with the 85th Academy Awards, with Seth MacFarlane as the host. There should be plenty of surprises on the way, as some of the categories feature some of the stiffest competition in recent memory, particularly that of Best Director. Although “Argo” is the […]
Pistol permit holders who wish to apply for privacy from public records searches may now fill out a form found at the Rockland County Clerk’s website: http://www.rocklandcountyclerk.com/ Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato told the Rockland County Times he hopes the state ultimately makes pistol permit privacy automatic so the state and counties needn’t waste time on […]
The new film “Mango Girls” by documentarians Robert Carr and Kunal Sharma of Mandar Productions offers a disheartening reality: “Girls are unwelcome in India.” Some of the practices girls in India are subjected to are truly shocking. In India female infanticide and sex selective abortions are commonplace, numbering in the hundreds of thousands per year […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM ROCKLAND DA’S OFFICE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugib has announced that Atif Ali (DOB 11/24/82) of 264 North Main Street, Apartment 1-D, Spring Valley, New York has pled guilty to: One count of Petit Larceny, a class “A” Misdemeanor, relating to a lottery ticket scam. On February 3, 2011, at approximately […]
Sexual Offender Robert Sternberg is now residing at 11 Maple Leaf, Monsey. Sternberg is a level 3 offender, which is defined as a high risk of repeat offense and a threat to public safety exists. He was convicted of the following offenses: Promoting Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child Less Than 16 Years Old and […]