Legislature Committee to Discuss Term Limits for County Exec and Legislators

A bill sponsored by Legislator Douglas Jobson Jr. and county executive candidate Legislator Ed Day would place a term limit on the position of county executive and legislator of three four-year terms. The proposal is set to be discussed at Wednesday’s meeting of the Rules Committee. Day’s competitor Legislator Ilan Schoenberger (D) has also suggested term […]

Measles Visits Rockland

Pomona, NY – The Rockland County Department of Health has identified a case of measles in Rockland County. During the Health Department’s investigation, it was discovered that the individual with measles was at the Hatzlacha Grocery Store, located at 80 West Street, Spring Valley, on Wednesday, May 22. Individuals who may have been at this location […]

Health Care Exchanges to be up and Running by October

Health Care Exchanges to be up and Running by October

Dose of reality has peculiar taste BY KATHY KAHN Special to The Rockland Times Does Obama care? Americans do and they certainly hope the president’s plan to provide health insurance to all is going to work. The Affordable Care Act is about to arrive in full force this October, 2013. New York opted to set […]

Americans in the Government’s Bull’s-eye

BY DIANE DIMOND Americans are being unfairly targeted by their own government. The proof is undeniable. It is clear that two of the nation’s biggest and most intimidating agencies — the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice — have overstepped their bounds by trampling on citizens’ rights. We should all be outraged. You […]

Malone officially announces

Democrat Dennis Malone formally announced on the evening of Thursday, May 16 that he will be seeking the office of superintendent of the Highway Department this fall in the Town of Clarkstown. The fundraiser and campaign kickoff was held at the Nanuet Restaurant in Nanuet with Malone surrounded by several dozen of his friends, family […]

Crimes 5/25

DA REPORT: PROMOTING & POSSESSING OBSSCENE SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD Linton Wright III, age 44, residing at Wilshire Drive, Chestnut Ridge, NY, was indicted on May 22, 2013 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child (18 counts) and possessing an obscene sexual performance […]