(Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) last week announced she secured $125,000 in state Capital Improvement Project Funding to help the Village of Piermont/Piermont Fire Department pay for construction of Fire/Rescue Boat Dockage for its primary marine response unit. The Fire/Rescue Boat Dockage to be constructed at the end of the Piermont Pier will enable the Piermont […]
Fighting For Mandate Relief By Legislator Alden H. Wolfe (D- Montebello) Chairman Rockland County Legislature As we propel ourselves into the budget process for next year, we are once again coming face-to-face with the behemoth of state mandated programs. State mandates require that our county government spend money to subsidize, in part or whole, the […]
Psychiatrist Awaiting Trail Found Dead in Home A local psychiatrist on house arrest awaiting trail, Alfred Ramirez, was found dead in his Orange County home on Friday. Ramirez was accused of illegally selling prescriptions for thousands of pain pills in the Hudson Valley, including pills that killed Daren Gajdusek, a Yonkers teacher. This case started […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Samuel Harps’ new play is about an Italian family in Queens having difficulty making it with their traditional Italian restaurant is well played by an excellent cast at Shades Repertory Theatre. The Dinellos expect help from one of their sons, Anthony, who has become celebrity chef in California but returns home […]
Orangetown DWI Arrest in Blauvelt Thomas Walker, a 51 year old man from West Nyack was arrested October 12th for driving while intoxicated. Orangetown Police noticed the tree service truck on Route 303 swerving on and off the road forcing the officers to pull the driver over. Officers noticed the smell of alcohol of Mr. […]