NorthEast Community Bank, with offices in Massachusetts and New York, opened its first branch in Rockland County in August. Opening its doors on August 17, the bank has already accrued $11 million in deposits from both new residential and business customers. NorthEast, founded by NECB’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth A. Martinek’s grandfather, has […]
BY KATHY KAHN The phoenix hasn’t risen from the ashes yet, but County Executive Ed Day feels he is leading Rockland in the right direction. “There is no way to fix where we are in a flash, despite what some others in government might think,” Day told Rockland Business Association members on September 10, speaking […]
Spring Valley man convicted of setting witness on fire A Spring Valley man was convicted on August 20 for a string of violent crimes which included a gasoline attack on an eyewitness to a retaliation against a previous victim. Wesner Pierre, 29, of Alan Road, was convicted of third-degree arson, second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession […]
NEW CITY – A suspicious man reportedly accosted two Clarkstown teens by claiming to be a police officer, according to Clarkstown Police. The incident occurred at around 3 p.m. on September 10 when two 14-year old boys were approached by car while they wre walking along Goebel Road near Scher Couty in New City. The […]
Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) has blasted the recent decision by the state and town board to allow Kiryas Joel to annex over 100 acres of Town of Monroe territory. Brabenec makes his statements in spite of receiving significant support from the so-called Orthodox Jewish “block vote.” STATEMENT BY BRABENEC: “This annexation is going to set […]
Cespedes Leads Offense on a Tear By Joe Rini Fans of the Mets entered September hoping to exorcise the ghosts of September pasts, as in the collapses 2007 and 2008. Yet, after two walk-off losses in Miami this weekend to the Marlins, where the only thing missing seemed to be Tom Glavine allowing seven […]