Support also vowed for tighter restrictions on gun permit information BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Journal News editorial board and publisher Janet Hasson were condemned today by law enforcement, a bipartisan group of legislators, County Clerk Paul Piperato and the five major political parties of Rockland County, for their publication of an interactive map exposing the […]
Rockland County Legislator Frank Sparaco will announce a resolution to condemn the decision by the Journal News to post the names and addresses of lawful pistol permit holders in Rockland and Westchester Counties. Legislators Jay Hood, Jr., Aron Wieder, Toney Earl and Christopher Carey will join Sparaco to condemn the action. Legislators Sparaco, Schoenberger, Hood, […]
PRESS RELEASE Office of Public Information On January 1, 2013 at approximately 3 a.m., Emmanuel Siegel, 31, of Long Island City, NY, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Siegel was observed to be operating a 2001 Jeep without headlights, making an illegal U-turn, and driving over the center median on Rt 59 in Nanuet. He […]
Story of the 1964 segregation battle in Mississippi BY GEORGE J. DACRE The story of the college students who went to the deep South and risked and sometimes lost their lives trying to end segregation will be performed next month at Shades Repertory Theatre in Haverstraw. The play is written by William Tucker and will […]
As the ball dropped in Times Square and the world welcomed in the New Year, Mark and Ismini Svensson were already working towards their New Year’s resolution – a 50-state initiative. Under the banner “50 Acts of Giving Back,” the couple have established a goal of traveling and performing charitable services in every state in […]
Oradell, New Jersey resident Lauren K. McDonough is accused of driving drunk in Stony Point on New Year’s morning and rolling over her car. The accident caused a welt on her forehead, as seen in her mugshot. Stony Point Police said they arrested the 47-year-old after responding to a one car vehicle accident (rollover) on […]