Tanya Zitzelberger, a longtime employee of The Trans Group in Spring Valley, has received the prestigious “Heart of the Industry” award, presented annually by the New York School Bus Contractors Association (NYSBCA). President of The Trans Group John Corr Jr. lauded Zitzelberger. He said, “Each year, the award is given to someone who has served […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It has been more than two years since Ferguson, Missouri, erupted into riots following the deadly police shooting of an unarmed teenager named Michael Brown. It was exactly two years ago this month that Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old playing with a toy gun, was shot dead by a cop in Cleveland, Ohio. […]
A 6-year-old child is in critical condition after a taxi hit him in the middle of a road in Monsey, Tuesday evening. The cab, driven by Genus Charles, 71, of Spring Valley, was heading east on Calvert Dr. around 5:22 p.m. on Tuesday when the accident occurred. Young Yosef Klyman of Monsey was left with serious internal injuries […]
Oft-maligned Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme, who was once videotaped referring to himself as “King of the Village,” has managed to put one controversy behind him. He was alleged to have shoved Larry Weissman, a village attorney, “at least three times” on September 13 around 12:20 p.m. The alleged incident took place in Village Hall while […]
Jury cites troublemaking agent provocateurs for escalating situation BY RAQUEL OKYAY A group of seven armed protesters who occupied an Oregon Wildlife Refuge for six weeks were cleared of all but one charge by a federal jury last week. The Portland, Oregon jury found the six men and one woman “not guilty” on federal charges […]
This weekend North Rockland High School’s Drama Society is will present the comedy “The Canterbury Tales” by Craig Sodaro as an adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem of the same name. “The Canterbury Tales” tells the story of travelers who are halted when a bridge they must cross has broken. While trapped on the other side of the bridge […]