Getting Ready for the Great American Cleanup

Getting Ready for the Great American Cleanup

FROM KRB Once again this year you can help friends and neighbors remove tons of litter from our streets, parks and waterways during Keep Rockland Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup Campaign. In 2013, over 3,000 volunteers from around the county made it possible for all of us to enjoy a cleaner, greener Rockland. It’s also an […]

County pursues transfer reserve for Summit Park sale

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – Progress seems to be smooth for the sale of the Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Facility as the legislature’s Budget & Finance Committee gave the green light to form a transfer reserve fund for sale revenue. The fund is meant to keep the money while it is allocated […]

Police Officer Helps Mother Revive Infant

Police Officer Helps Mother Revive Infant

BY BILL DEMAREST SUFFERN – A Suffern police officer who answered a frantic 911 call was able to help a mother who feared her baby was choking, according to village police. Police Officer Tim Dunn was on communications duty for the Suffern Police Department on Monday when a Parkside Drive resident called 911 for help. […]

County Police charge 17 individuals with human trafficking and prostitution

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe announced on Monday that 17 people had been arraigned in the Clarkstown Justice Court on a variety of charges related to human trafficking, prostitution and drug possession. The arrests were made as part of a six-month joint effort which included the DA’s Special Victims Unit, the […]

State Legislators Host Public Forum on Common Core, Propose Two Year Moratorium on High Stakes Testing

State Legislators Host Public Forum on Common Core, Propose Two Year Moratorium on High Stakes Testing

BY CHERYL SLAVIN Close to 100 Rockland residents showed up on a frigid winter’s night last Thursday to express their concerns at a public forum about the adverse impact the rushed implementation of the controversial Common Core State Standards have had on the county’s children, teachers and school districts. The forum was hosted by four […]