Omar Richards, 35, of Spring Valley NY on the charge on Rape 1st degree, by forcible compulsion. The arrest was the result of an investigation into a complaint from a female victim. The crime occurred within the unincorporated part of the Town in the early part of October, 2014. Richards was arraigned in the Town […]
BY ADAM LUCENTE As the academic year heads towards winter break, several teachers are discontent with the amount of dialogue they have with the school board. This was apparent at the latest Board of Education Meeting for the Ramapo Central School District, which took place Tuesday night. As the board opened up the floor to […]
Town of Highlands, Orange County Motorists are advised that the right, southbound lane of US Route 9W from Theresia Way to Firefighters Memorial Drive in the town of Highlands, Orange County, will be closed beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, December 8 and will remain closed through May 2015, for bridge maintenance. Over the period […]
FROM USCBP JAMAICA, N.Y. — An arriving passenger was planning to enjoy a very interesting cocktail, however U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport shut down this speakeasy before it ever opened. On November 17, Mr. Wilton Sinclair arrived on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana and presented one checked-in […]
Elmwood Playhouse’s “Sunday in the Park with George” music director, ASSAF GLEIZNER, and lead actress, KIMBERLY HAWKEY (Dot) will be doing double-duty on Sunday, December 7th. First, they’ll perform the Sunday matinee of Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical at 2 p.m., and when the curtain comes down they’ll immediately start setting up for a “Sundays at […]
A special fund to support disadvantaged students at Rockland Community College was renamed the Herbert Kurz President’s Student Support Fund by the College’s Board of Trustees on November 19, 2014. Mr. Kurz, a businessman, philanthropist and major benefactor for RCC since 2010, died shortly thereafter on November 24, 2014 at the age of 94. Through […]