BY BARRY WARNER The District 18 Rockland County Challenger Little League gives kids with special needs the opportunity to succeed at playing baseball in a program structured to their abilities. Winning is not a concern, but making each player feel good is a top priority. Eligibility includes mentally, emotionally and physically challenged youth ages 4-21, […]
Arrest – Burglary On July 3, 2013 Andrew Vasquez, 22, from Stony Point, NY was arrested and charged with burglary 3rd (felony), and petit larceny (misdemeanor) for a burglary that occurred on June 30 at the Hibachi Factory, located on the 4th floor of the Palisades Center Mall. The Clarkstown Police Department’s Detective Bureau conducted an […]
Fairfax Media of Australia revealed in an undercover expose that Rabbi Boruch Dov Lesches, new to a leadership role with Chabad Rockland after 20 years in Sydney, Australia, made outrageous remarks regarding poor and “goyim” (non-Jewish) children. The story was part of an investigation of who knew what about child sexual abuse in the Yeshiva […]
To the Editor, Ever been to Gettysburg? How about Philadelphia’s Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell? Did you ever have a class trip to Washington DC? These are all sites rich with history – where American blood was spilt, where the great American Experiment began to take shape, and where we enshrine our principles and laws. […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES EXCLUSIVE How much did all those armed guards and hotel rooms for executive editors cost the Journal News earlier this year, not to mention lost subscribers? The newspaper had to go into virtual lock-down after giving law abiding gun-owners the “sex offender treatment” following the Newtown massacre. Journal News publisher Janet Hasson and […]
The town of Ramapo has filed several disciplinary charges against already-suspended employee Melissa Reimer. Reimer’s pay was stopped after she declared plans to file a defamation lawsuit for being made a “scapegoat” for Ramapo’s unstable financial state. The new charges came after town officials accused Reimer of sending an inaccurate report to the state comptroller, […]