Rockland Driver Arrested After NJ Police Find 2 Pounds of Pot

Rockland Driver Arrested After NJ Police Find 2 Pounds of Pot

BY JERRY DEMARCO NEW CITY – Detectives from the gang unit in Paterson, N.J., who stopped to check out an idling car blocking traffic found two pounds of pot inside and arrested both occupants — one of them from New City, authorities said. Driver Steven Baker, 22, of Lodi, and passenger Keith Chandler, 26, were […]

FOR JEWISH SCHOOL, GOING SOLAR IS A MATTER OF FAITH

FOR JEWISH SCHOOL, GOING SOLAR IS A MATTER OF FAITH

Just in time for Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, a local Jewish school decided to convert sunlight into enough electricity to power over 90 percent of its annual use. With a 45,000-square foot rooftop array, Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland (ASHAR)ย is the first Jewish school in Rockland County to go solar. For Rabbi Ari […]

Good Riddance, 2016: A Wish List for 2017

Good Riddance, 2016: A Wish List for 2017

BY DIANE DIMOND As my father would have said about the year 2016, “So long, and don’t let the door hit you in the rump on the way out!” But I’m sure Dad would have used more colorful language. It was a confusing, divisive and extremely frustrating year, wasn’t it? We saw terror attacks on […]

OMBUDMSAN ALERT: Be Aware of Unapproved Political Contributions

OMBUDMSAN ALERT: Be Aware of Unapproved Political Contributions

BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT When this Ombudsman was a youngster (more than 75 years ago) I received a piggy bank from my parents and was told to save my pennies which would eventually grow into dollars. Some PACS operating today, as well as for many past years, have also adopted this strategy for accumulating wealth, […]

What’s Happening 1.5.17

What’s Happening 1.5.17

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Rockland Theatre Company has set rehearsals for its RTC Kid Winter Theatre Program of “Space Pirates” and “Godspell” for Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for “Pirates” and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for “Godspell.” Tech week is evenings March 27 to 29. The show will hit the […]

SENATOR PROMOTES NEW GIFT CARD LAW

SENATOR PROMOTES NEW GIFT CARD LAW

PRESS RELEASE – Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) greeted shoppers at the Palisades Mall to promote a new consumer friendly gift card law resulting from legislation that was passed and signed earlier this year. The new law delays the point in which fees may be charged for unused gift cards, and prevents an expiration of less […]