BY BILL DEMAREST NEW CITY – Friday was the last day in office for Rockland County’s economic development director, Calherbe Monel of Spring Valley, with County Executive Ed Day expected to soon name a replacement to the post. County officials said Monel left Day’s administration to seek other opportunities. Day has not yet announced who […]
Sloatsburg, NY – On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at approximately 10:11 p.m. State Police stopped a vehicle being driven by Svetlana Likhova, 49, of Palisades Park, NJ. It was determined that Likhova was impaired after she failed field sobriety tests and she was brought to SP Tarrytown for processing where she refused a breath test. […]
To the Editor, Living in Rockland County near two decades, I learned that those who would inflict environmental harm, seek out perceived weakest communities for that purpose. Enter, Anellotech and its proposed hazardous waste facility extension at the Pfizer Pearl River campus. It’s happened before. FAA and the airlines sought a massive flight-path over Rockland. […]
BY CHRIS FAULKNER The American Southwest is undergoing a spike in seismic activity. A new U.S. Geological Survey shows that a small basin on the New Mexico-Colorado border experienced 20 times more serious earthquakes between 2001 and 2011 than it had over the previous 30 years. There have been similar tremor spikes throughout the country. […]
Elementary schools throughout the Archdiocese of New York will host an archdiocesan-wide open house event, “Touring Tuesday,” from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27. These universal open houses are scheduled throughout the school year and are designed to introduce prospective families to the life-long benefits and value of a Catholic education. “Touring Tuesdays” offer an exciting […]
Sgt. Andy Loughlin of Suffern PD was recently recognized by the NYS Law Enforcement Accreditation council for handling the village’s recent re-accreditation process where the police department was awarded this status. Accreditation status has been awarded to approx. 20 percent of the police departments in New York State and indicates those departments met or exceeded […]