Orangeburg event scheduled for April 8 BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The largest U.S. commemoration of the infamous Bataan Death March of World War II is scheduled for April 8 in Orangeburg, and is expected to draw thousands of visitors to the Orangetown hamlet for military memorial services. An ad-hoc committee headed by New City […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY Critics have been calling for years for the shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant right across from Stony Point in Northern Westchester. Now they have gotten their wish in the form of an announcement from Gov. Cuomo that he and Entergy have brokered a deal to close […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SCENIC HUDSON—Scenic Hudson applauded Gov. Andrew Cuomo for “strong environmental leadership” in priorities he outlined in Tuesday’s State of the State address. Chief among these is an unprecedented investment in water and wastewater infrastructure in the Hudson Valley and other parts of the state, and a renewal of a $300-million investment in […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH After months of adamantly professing his innocence in connection with allegations of a conspiracy in connection to kill his wife, local podiatrist Ira Bernstein admitted that he was guilty of the charges against him. Bernstein admitted to Rockland County Court Judge David Zuckerman that he and his girlfriend Kelly Gribeluk conspired to […]
The Elmwood Playhouse of Nyack NY presents the Rockland premiere of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, a new play adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. Debra Lee Failla directs this shocking version of the classic tale of depravity, lust, love and horror. Hatcher’s re-imagining […]
NY Supreme Court Justice Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman dismissed Former Rockland County Board of Elections Commissioner Lou Babcock’s suit seeking court intervention on his ouster as BOE commissioner. Babcock claimed the Republican Party inappropriately removed him via dictate of the Executive Committee instead of allowing the full Republican Committee to vote. Hon. Scheinkman said the […]