Dear Readers, Each month this column will provide you with interesting information that can include human interest stories, historical events and perspectives, happenings in the County or controversial pondering. Either I or my colleagues will author the monthly pieces and you can in turn respond with your own comments, if you choose. The first column […]
Two members of Girl Scout Troop 40114 of the Minisceongo-Central Haverstraw Service Unit received their Gold Awards at a special ceremony on Saturday, March 9 at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel. Both have been Girls Scouts since Kindergarten and are currently seniors at North Rockland High School. Olivia Vetrano earned her Gold Award for “Juliana’s Blessing,” […]
Stephen Baldwin Avoids Felony Charges with Plea Deal Actor and Rockland resident Stephen Baldwin recently reached a plea deal with county prosecutors in which he will plead guilty to one charge of failing to pay income taxes and pay a hefty invoice in exchange for staying out of prison. Baldwin will be required to pay back […]
NYSAC says new budget offers more local fiscal relief PRESS RELEASE FROM NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES State legislative leaders this week advanced budget priorities that will help local governments as they work to protect community-based programs and services and stabilize property taxes. County leaders representing New York’s 62 regional governments today applaud State […]
Rockland’s most powerful felon—the man who brokered the pardon of the New Square Four—is making his presence felt more and more (and more) BY DYLAN SKRILOFF A decade after doing time in federal prison on corruption charges, nobody can deny former Rockland County Democratic Chairman Paul Adler is all-the-way back. While he never completely lost […]
Grant Valentine, a veteran parole officer, former candidate for state senate, and all-around pillar of the community, told the Rockland County Times he and several other concerned Rocklanders are working on creating the county’s first charter school. The school would be built in the Town of Ramapo and seek to provide another option for beleaguered […]