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, […]
Cuomo’s man visits Stony Point, promises up to $300,000 per home, but says those who already agreed to SBA loans are stuck with that aid Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) this week announced that local governments in Westchester and Rockland Counties have so far received $35,338,879 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance grants to […]
A shocking incident is alleged to have occurred at the Days Inn in Nanuet last Thursday. On June 27, 2013 the Clarkstown Police Department filed charged against the hotel’s maintenance worker Hector Ixcopal, 38, accusing him of breaking into a woman’s room at 1:20 a.m. and sexually molesting her against her will. He wasn’t daft […]
Lawmakers make over economic proposal, shelve equality act BY KATHY KAHN For The Rockland Times Albany’s Legislature broke for the summer on June 20, leaving Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ambitious business attraction program bruised but not battered and putting a gambling referendum on the state’s November ballot. “Tax Free New York” now “START-UP NY” The Legislature’s […]