Legislature Votes Not to Intervene with Clarkstown Decision over Sullivan

BY VICTORIA TANNER Tensions rose and opinions heard during the Rockland County Legislature’s general body meeting on Tuesday Aug. 2, 2016 over suspended Clarkstown Police Chief Michael Sullivan. Two Ramapo legislators, Ilan Schoenberger and Alden Wolfe, along with Harriet Cornell, proposed legislation in favor of re-instating the police chief. This proposal failed to gain enough […]

Despair, Hope, and Celebration at Citi Field

Hail Mike Piazza and Hello Jay Bruce BY JOE RINI  Cold bats, brittle bodies, and blown saves drove the Mets down the standings and their fans to despair on the recently concluded 3-6 homestand. However, the Mets also kindled embers of hope for the final third of the season by acquiring slugger Jay Bruce at […]

ANOTHER RAMAPO MESS: Town Loses Case in Federal Court

ANOTHER RAMAPO MESS: Town Loses Case in Federal Court

Previously unreported story BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The Town of Ramapo has lost another case in federal court that called into question the Town Board’s actions and wasting of town funds. While the town supervisor and other high-ranking town officials are charged with criminal and civil allegations in federal court over the financing of the Ramapo […]

Carlucci and School Officials Address Lead Contamination Testing Legislation in our Schools

Carlucci and School Officials Address Lead Contamination Testing Legislation in our Schools

PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI On Tuesday, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) joined Rockland BOCES COO Dr. Mary Jean Marsico and Health and Safety Division Director John Gulino, North Rockland Central School District Superintendent Ileana Eckert and South Orangetown School Superintendent Dr. Robert Pritchard to discuss the testing of lead contamination levels in school water. Lead […]

Why Trump Will Become the 45th President of the United States

BY ANTHONY MELE The 45th president of the United States will be elected to undo the nearly irrevocable harm perpetrated by the 44th president and his administration. Selling the idea of voting for Obama because he is black or voting for Hillary because she is a woman were marketing ploys that hoodwinked the nation.  It […]

Neighborhood Faces

She’s been making the folks of North Rockland (and occasional big budget film producers) feel at home for over four decades Neighborhood Faces is a new feature of the Rockland County Times