Pet of the Week: ADOPT DAPHNE

Photo courtesy of Jane Zippilli Daphne is a 4½-year-old female terrier/wire-haired Dachshund mix who was surrendered to the shelter because her owners could no longer afford to take care of her. She tends to start off shy with people. It takes her a bit of time to trust, but once she does she falls in […]

County Executive’s Corner: A Chance to Wear the Badge

By Rockland County Executive Ed Day There is one relatively easy way to help diffuse the tensions we see across the nation between police and the communities they serve: encourage communities to become the police. Integrating the community into the police force is a key to successful community policing. Here is Rockland, residents now have […]

TRUMP SUPPORTER IS FED UP WITH THE DIRECTION OF OUR COUNTRY

To the Editor, Take a serious look at what our once fantastic country has fallen to. A country where cops are criminals and felons are victims. People that don’t work get a free ride on the backs of those that do. We don’t contribute enough, claim the Democrats. The president bargains with terrorists, we supply […]

Crime Blotter 7/21/16

Clarkstown Ramapo Heroin Found in Sloatsburg On Tuesday July 19, 2016, the Ramapo Police Department Anti-Crime Unit stopped a vehicle for speeding on Orange Turnpike in Sloatsburg, New York. The driver of the car was arrested for Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. The passenger was arrested for possessing hypodermic needles and Criminal Possession of a Controlled […]

The Ghosts Have a New Team to Fear

By Vincent Abbatecola In 1984, director Ivan Reitman gave audiences one of the most iconic movies of the decade with “Ghostbusters.” Watching Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson hunt menacing specters made for an enjoyable supernatural comedy that still endures today. “Ghostbusters 2” followed in 1989, and while it had its moments, […]

Jaffee Letter to Public Service Commission on Nuclear Industry Subsidies

Latest proposal to give nuclear power plants nearly $8 billion in taxpayer subsidies is “unacceptable, largely out of public view, and in undue haste.” PRESS RELEASE Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) on July 20 sent a letter to the Public Service Commission (PSC) calling the latest proposal to give nuclear power plants nearly $8 billion in […]

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