DA REPORT 3/18

DA REPORT: ROBBERY Daqwaan Aviles, age 22, residing at 2 Parker Road, Garnerville, NY, was sentenced March 14, 2013, before New York State Supreme Court Justice William A. Kelly to a state prison term of three and a half years and five years post release supervision after pleading guilty to robbery in the third degree. […]

Rockland County’s first craft beer festival!

Rockland County’s first craft beer festival!

Lower Hudson Valley Craft Beer Festival presented by Growler & Gill Craft Beer Shoppe, Sat. June 1, 3-7 p.m. For the first time, Rockland County will be host to a craft beer festival. Organizers say the event, featuring over 30 breweries, will be the premier craft beer sampling event in the lower Hudson Valley. The outdoor […]

Bergen/Rockland Crime Spree Halted by Jersey Cops

Old Tappan police are looking for the third member of a large-scale ring responsible for a shoplifting spree throughout Bergen and Rockland counties after finding two of them with more than $8,000 worth of stolen goods from several area pharmacies. Officer Eugene Wilkins was on patrol when the trio hit a CVS in the Bi-State […]

COMMUNITY VIEW: East Ramapo’s School Crisis

COMMUNITY VIEW BY ROBERT I. RHODES, PRESERVE RAMAPO Politicians hate to take positions on anything that is likely to alienate any of their constituents. They prefer to attack the usual whipping boys who don’t vote. Thus, for example, Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence gets on his white horse whenever a utility company goes to the […]

Winter Storm Warning!

The National Weather Service is forecasting 2 to 5 inches of snow and wintry mix for Rockland County beginning around 4 p.m. today (March 18), possibly followed by a period of all-ice, before turning to all-rain overnight. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 4 p.m. Monday until 10 a.m. Tuesday.

STONY POINT CRIMES 3/17

STONY POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT: AGGRAVATED UNLICENSED OPERATION Linnea A. Barak, age 40, residing at 229 W. Main St. Apt. 2, Stony Point NY, was arrested on March 17, 2013 for aggravated unlicensed operation in the third degree. The defendant was arrested after a vehicle and traffic stop determined that she was operating a motor vehicle […]