Complete Streets are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users NEW CITY, NY – –Â Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, along with the Rockland County Departments of Planning & Public Transportation and the Rockland Municipal Planning Federation, announce that a Complete Streets Workshop will be […]
BY DIANE DIMOND U.S. Supreme Court justices are appointed to the highest court in the land for life. But I believe it is time for 83-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to hang up her robe. We should all take a moment to acknowledge her long and spectacular legal career. Ginsburg has been a true liberal […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH Judge Alan Simon has been removed as a judge by the New York Court of Appeals. Simon has been a judge in the Town of Ramapo since 2011, Village of Spring Valley since 2005 and acting judge in the Village of Hillburn since 2016. The Court of Appeals confirmed the decision […]
On October 11, students participating in the Rockland BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTEC) Criminal Justice program received a special visit by New York State Assemblyman Kenneth P. Zebrowski, a leader in Rockland County’s battle against illegal housing and rampant fire, building and zoning code violations. Topics of discussion included the pervasive lack of code […]
Real Story from Albany, NY HALFMOON — A Halfmoon man allegedly broke into his neighbor’s house to save the family dog from a fire, Thursday night. However, there was no fire. Troopers say he was on LSD and hallucinating. Troopers say 43-year-old Michael Orchard of Inglewood Drive told them he mixed LSD with cough medicine Thursday afternoon and they found him, standing […]
The Clarkstown Garden Club sponsored and dedicated a Blue Star Memorial at Congers Memorial Park to honor all our local veterans and active duty military. Supervisor Hoehmann and Councilman Borelli were proud to join other officials and the Garden Club for the dedication in Clarkstown’s beautiful Congers Lake Park. The Blue Star Memorial Program honors […]