The inevitable has happened. Janet Hasson and the Journal News have gained revenge against the Rockland County Times and editor-in-chief Dylan Skriloff for the weekly community paper’s award-winning coverage of the daily newspaper’s infamous gun map debacle last winter. Journal News publisher Hasson and her editors revealed on Friday, October 4-Skriloff’s 34th birthday-that the Rockland […]
(AP) The Journal News has sued Putnam County to compel it to release its pistol permit records. The Journal News says it sued Thursday after the county denied two Freedom of Information requests and a subsequent appeal. The newspaper first requested information from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties following the Newtown, Conn., shooting massacre. It made […]
Every 2 ½ hours a person’s name is added to the New York organ transplant waiting list BY BILL DEMAREST NEW YORK – You may not know 13-year-old Lauren Shields of Stony Point, but she may be responsible for saving your life of the life of a friend or loved one some day. Lauren is […]
Cliffview Pilot: Two men arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police who interrupted a break-in earlier this week have admitted to several burglaries in Rockland County, where both live. Alan DeStephano Jr. and Jeremy Olano, both 26, of Sloatsburg, were grabbed just off Franklin Turnpike within minutes of a break-in Monday. They immediately became suspects in several area break-ins. […]
BY BILL DEMAREST STONY POINT – The probe into missing cash from a vehicle parked at the Stony Point Ambulance Corps building has led to a theft charge against 30-year-old Josef M. Segelbacher, according to Stony Point Police. Lt. Keith Williams said the theft was reported on Friday, Sept. 27, and an investigation led to […]
BY JENNIFER MOCCIO “Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” –Ralph H. Blum “The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.” –Ralph Ellison This month has been a whirlwind. I just don’t know where September went?! I guess the famous saying holds true […]