Chairman of the Rockland County GOP Vincent Reda has been replaced as the state GOP’s first vice chairman by Chairman Thomas V. Dadey, Jr. of Onondaga County, NYGOP announced this week. Reda had held the position–the second highest ranking party position in the state–since 2006. Party leaders cited a desire to balance upstate and downstate voices […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Uncle Jim used to herd a group of us kids into the car on a sunny Saturday morning and head to an isolated area outside town. His son, little Jim, my two cousins Sandy and Terry and I were full of anticipation. We were going target shooting — with a real gun […]
At a recent Rockland Economic Development Corporation (REDC) Board of Directors meeting, Chair Sandra D. Grannum, Esq., officially welcomed four new directors to the board, effective January 1, 2014. The new directors include: Kevin P. Duignan, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, St. Thomas Aquinas College. Kevin joined the College Community in 1997 as Director of […]
A 21-year-old Spring Valley resident has been sentenced to seven years in prison followed by five years post release supervision after pleading guilty to burglary in the second degree. Jayquan Boone pled guilty this week to breaking into five residences on February 12 and March 24, 2013 and stealing property including televisions, jewelry and computers.
Carmelo Anthony of the NY Knicks set the franchise and Madison Square Garden record with 62 points Friday night, in a home game against the Charlotte Bobcats. Anthony left the game with over 7 minutes left because the Knicks were winning in a blowout. He likely could have made it to 70 if he played […]
His neighbor asked him to stop smoking a bone, but instead he threatened to break his neighbor’s bones. Now he’s looking at five years in prison. Maurice Mayfield, 35, of West Haverstraw, was sentenced Wednesday to five years prison and five years post-release supervision by New York State Supreme Court Justice William A. Kelly, after pleading […]