Letter to Editor

DO NOT REBUILD TAPPAN HISTORIC BRIDGE Dear Sirs, Your recent story about rebuilding the Historic Tappan Bridge was quite eye-opening, thank you, as you have depicted how the superintendent of highways is not only totally incompetent and derelict of his duties, but now planning to waste useful capital resources, taxpayers funds, to rebuild a bridge […]

Rockland County Schools Make Science, Technology and Mathematics Matter

Rockland County Schools Make Science, Technology and Mathematics Matter

BY BARRY WARNER As the uses of science and technology expand in today’s job market, the United States will need a consistent supply of engineers, scientists and mathematicians to graduate from college in order to remain competitive in the world’s marketplace. Students introduced to pre-engineering courses and techniques to solve real-world problems in Rockland County’s […]

Timelines 1/3/13

Lawsuit Filed Against Journal News Sparked By Map of Gun Owners A lawsuit has been filed against The Journal News by a business that claims its reputation suffered after the newspaper published an interactive map of licensed gun owners in the area, following the massacre in Newtown, Conn. First Impression LLC is an interior design […]

The Journal News is Armed and Dangerous

The Journal News is Armed and Dangerous

ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES EXCLUSIVE Armed guards from RGA Investigations have taken up post at the Journal News’ Rockland County headquarters   BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Guns are good for the goose but NOT for the gander. A Clarkstown police report issued on December 28, 2012, confirmed that The Journal News has hired armed security guards from […]

Putnam Rejects Journal News FOIL Request

Putnam County will not be releasing records of pistol permit holders to Gannett’s The Journal News the Rockland County Times has learned. A press conference will take place on Thursday in Putnam making the announcement official.  NYS Senator Greg Ball (Patterson – R, C, I), Putnam County Clerk Dennis Sant and other officials will gather […]

A Crime and Justice Wish List for 2013

BY DIANE DIMOND Where do I even begin with my annual Wish List for the New Year? Because the fog of despair still hangs over us from the elementary school shooting in Connecticut — and because the list of individually meaningless gun-control ideas continues to grow — I’m compelled to start there. I fervently hope […]