Orange County man found guilty of child sexual abuse

NEW CITY – An Orange County man was found guilty on Wednesday of sexually abusing a boy several times over the course of three years. Patrick Crowe, 36, of Middletown, New York, was found guilty on charges of predatory sexual assault of a child, a class A felony and sexual conduct against a child in […]

MARC MY WORDS: Assists are a given with Fairfield standout Felicia DaCruz

BY MARC MATURO   Albertus Magnus High School alumna Felicia DaCruz of Chestnut Ridge, who is a  standout senior guard on the mid-major women’s basketball team at Fairfield University, has always loved the game since becoming interested in the second grade. When she reached the high school level, DaCruz had the pleasure of playing the first […]

Talk of $30 million highway complex re-emerge in county government

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Support from the county executive has revived shelved plans to build a new $30 million highway complex to replace the current, aging structure in New City. The new building, which would be situated on a 27-acre property near Thruway Exit 14 in Chestnut Ridge, was prioritized by County Executive […]

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY HONORS FORMER U.S. NAVY PETTY OFFICER MAUREEN F. MORGAN WITH ANNUAL FREEDOM AWARD

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and the County’s Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan today presented Pomona resident Maureen F. Morgan with the third annual Rockland County Freedom Award for her outstanding service to our nation as a Petty Officer in the United States Navy. “It is an honor to recognize the service of Petty […]

Guns not Jobs: A Chat with two Americans preparing to fight ISIS, for real

BY MARIO CHECKERS Note: The interviewees names and other personal details have been changed for security reasons. The editorial board checked background documents to ensure the validity of their stories. Much has been made of the few Americans who have joined ISIS, but there are also Americans fighting alongside ISIS’s perhaps greatest enemy: the Kurds, […]

Two more animals test positive for rabies in West Nyack

BY MICHAEL RICONDA WEST NYACK – Only a month after a skunk tested positive for rabies in West Nyack, another two animals were found to have been infected in the same area. Two raccoons were discovered to have rabies in the area around Van Houten Fields in West Nyack. The incident is the third such […]