By Jerry Donnellan Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County On December 22 at 13:30 hours, local time in Bagram, Afghanistan six Americans were killed. Sad to say that on this morning network news this ran as the fifth or sixth item, behind Star Wars, Hillary vs. Donald, and the Miss Universe debacle. Sad, not much has […]
A hate-fax sent to local governments and newspapers including the Rockland County Times caught the attention of police and local government officials recently. The letter accused Hasidic Jews of sucking the souls out of Christians via the study of the Talmud. The letter was sent to the Village of Wesley Hill and the Village of […]
The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Epsilon Chi Chapter in conjunction with its Youth Leadership Club, Xinos and Kudos is hosting the 9th Annual “King For A Day” Oratorical Contest, which will take place at 2:30 p.m. on January 16, 2016 at the Finkelstein Library in Spring Valley, New York. Participating seventh and […]
From www.midhudsonnews.com WHITE PLAINS – A former West Point cadet has been sentenced in federal court to 97 months in prison for receipt, distribution and possession of child pornography. Ricky Patrick Hester, 25, was sentenced on Wednesday. On December 18, 2013 Hester was interviewed by federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations and he admitted that […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Nanuet resident Jim Evers knows the importance of movement and fellowship with one’s community. “I started Grassroots Community Service Projects in 2010 shortly after my wife died in 2008,” Evers said. Since then the program added co-facilitators Leslie Barnett and recently Sally Borgman. Susan Lust heads the Movement for Joy program, which began […]
Rockland/Westchester judge swap Two Rockland and Westchester judges are trading places. Judge Rolf Thorsen of Rockland County is being moved to the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains while Judge David Zuckerman is being moved to the Rockland Courthouse in New City. Chief judge for the 9th Judicial District, Judge Alan Scheinkman, is responsible for […]