Spring Valley man charged with rape of teenage girl A Spring Valley man faces multiple felony charges after he was caught during sexual activity with a 14-year old girl on Friday. Police stated Brajan Vasquez-Garcia was found in the victim’s room by her legal guardian. According to police, the incident did not appear to be […]
All of Orange County’s proposals tossed By Kathy Kahn Orange County’s millions of Woodbury Common shoppers will still be making a pit stop at Yonkers Raceway and Casino, thanks to a decision by the New York State Gaming Commission to site one gambling facility in the Hudson Valley—and all contenders in Orange finishing out of […]
BY JUSTIN SIEGEL The present drop in oil prices is unlike one we have witnessed in modern times. Presently at the time of writing this article oil has dropped nearly 50 percent in a six month period. While most people are gladly welcoming lower oil prices and the effects it has on their daily budget, […]
BY TONY PINCIARO North Rockland coach Jeff Swick noticed something special in then seventh-grader Blaise Benderoth when he was wrestling Junior Varsity. Benderoth grew up in the North Rockland kids’ wrestling program, and wrestled JV as a seventh-grader before embarking on an outstanding varsity career in eighth grade. “The first time I had the pleasure of […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE “It Happened One Christmas” winding up this week at Westchester Broadway Theatre with “South Pacific” coming back in January. WBT produced 402 shows in 2014 with 128,184 tickets sold. Tom Cotter (resident of Stony Point, runner-up on America’s Got Talent), December 31 at Levity Live, West Nyack. Rich Vos at LL […]
Introducing the Rockland County Times New Column “Everywhere in Chains” by Adam Lucente — recounting struggles for freedom around the world BY ADAM LUCENTE PHOTOS BY DEREK KRAVITZ North Korea isn’t too popular stateside these days. The much publicized, alleged cyber attack against Sony in response to ‘The Interview’ by the East Asian state has […]