Former DTAP coordinator pleads guilty to receiving bribe

Former DTAP coordinator pleads guilty to receiving bribe

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – A former coordinator for Rockland County’s Road to Recovery Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison (DTAP) pled guilty on September 3 to receiving a bribe from a program participant. Hulen Ginn, 41 of Valley Stream, NY, pled guilty to third degree bribery for taking a $1,000 payment from Tyler Bloomenfeld, […]

Stroke Education Program for the Community Held at Good Samaritan Hospital

Stroke Education Program for the Community Held at Good Samaritan Hospital

BY BARRY WARNER Suffern – A free, comprehensive “Stoke Up-Close” education program took place at the Regional Center Auditorium of Good Samaritan last week, featuring a series of stations manned by a team of hospital stroke experts who addressed the different aspects of stroke care and prevention. Community attendees visited the stations, which including EMT, […]

Update on Brega to Schoenberger Donations

Following the Rockland County Times breaking the story, the Rockland Journal News discovered an additional $16,000 in donations from Brega related individuals to Ilan Schoenberger, for a total of $48,000, accounting for close to 50 percent of Schoenberger’s contributions in the January-July reporting period.

Timelines 9/5/13

Pedestrian struck by car in Chestnut Ridge A pedestrian was struck by a car on August 29 as he was walking through Chestnut Ridge, according to Ramapo Police. The 35-year-old man was travelling west on Red Schoolhouse Road when a 2006 BMW X3 moving in the same direction glanced his left arm and elbow as it […]

LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES STRUGGLE WITH RELIGIOUS LAND USE APPLICATIONS

By Legal Larry Ask any local elected official about their concerns for their municipality. Chances are that beside the overwhelming issue surrounding local budgets, the biggest concern is what to do with the religious land use applications. Recent litigations in Rockland have sent shock waves throughout the communities where applications for religious uses of land […]

Vladimir Leon, write-in candidate for Rockland County executive on Democratic and Conservative Party lines

Vladimir Leon, write-in candidate for Rockland County executive on Democratic and Conservative Party lines

00Biography Summary of Education and Credentials: • SUNY Rockland, AS in Math & Science. • Binghamton University, BS in Molecular Biology. • Columbia University, MS in Sustainability Management and Economic Development. • Independent Study: Science: Soybean Proteins, Equisetin HIV Inhibitor. • Independent Study: Economics: Rockland County Budget Deficit Crisis. • Publication: High-Sensitivity C – Reactive […]