Sunday, May 25 The Rockland County Veterans’ Coordinating Council invites everyone to join the Veterans of Rockland County to commemorate Memorial Day 2014 program beginning at 12 noon, Sunday, May 25 at the Frederick Loecher Veterans’ Cemetery, 220 Brick Church Road, New Hempstead, NY. At 1 p.m. there will be an abbreviated service at Gary […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The recent proposal by a Chinese investment group to develop a “China City of America” on 2,000 acres in nearby Sullivan County has stirred controversy among the locals and sent shock waves into Rockland about the extent to which unchecked foreign investment will alter the demographic, economic and political landscape in New […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown will host a public hearing tonight (Thursday, May 22) on a request by United Water – Suez to increase its water rates for Rockland County customers. The hearing will begin at 7 p.m. in the courtroom of the Town Hall at 26 Orangeburg […]
HUMOR BY ELLA STEINBECK With spring here and warm weather on the way, girls of all ages have started peeling off their layers. I started thinking about dressing “sexy” versus dressing “too sexy.” How young is too young. She’s dark, she’s dangerous, she’s RCT humor columnist Ella Steinbeck I believe that grown women should be […]
HSI New York announces arrest of 71 individuals for sexual exploitation crimes against children in ‘Operation Caireen;’ Federal, state charges include possession, distribution of child pornography PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK — A senior official from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced Wednesday the arrest of 71 individuals for crimes involving the […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The Clarkstown Police held a press conference today to announce last night’s arrest of four suspects on charges related to the January 25 murder of Clarkstown resident Peggy Nadell, 81. Two of the suspects, Diana Nadell, 50 of Cutler Bay, Florida and Andrea Benson, 25 of Washington D.C., were […]