WASHINGTON, D.C. & NEW CITY – Imagine having a prestigious high-level federal government agency create a national award because of your work. That is the honor bestowed on New City-based nonprofit Rockland Independent Living Center. On September 4, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an operating division within the U.S. Department of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef joined representatives of various hunger relief groups on Tuesday to proclaim September 2013 as Rockland County Hunger Action Month, kicking off a host of programs which will provide food relief to Rockland’s neediest residents. The announcement covers members of the Rockland Hunger Coalition, a […]
Growing up, many of us are repeatedly told that “college will be the best 4 years of your life, so you better enjoy every minute of it!” Unfortunately for me, this couldn’t have been further from the truth! I entered college with great expectations… of meeting my future husband, creating a solid group of 10+ […]
Party bosses repudiated in record turnout ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES What do you get when Conservative Party bosses endorse a liberal Democrat over a qualified Conservative Party member in a Stony Point Conservative primary election? Well, if you add on a healthy serving of old-fashioned hard campaign work, what you get is a total blowout in […]
By George J. Dacre With some very good acting, great costuming and wonderful insertion of the immortal music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Elmwood Players, in their 67th season, take on the tragic story of the giggling genius who dealt with adversity and jealous contemporaries to become one of the most revered compsoers of all […]
BURGLARY The Ramapo Police Detective Bureau has arrested the following two subjects for unrelated burglaries, which have occurred on the Town of Ramapo. Brian Boria, age 24, of Middletown, NY, was charged with burglary in the second degree. It is alleged that Boria entered a Wesley Hills home on August 26, 2013 at about 1 […]