FROM THE TIMES HERALD RECORD Kenneth Nakdimen of Monsey pleaded guilty Thursday, May 25 in federal court to committing voter fraud in the 2014 Bloomingburg village election. Nakdimen, 64, partnered with developer Shalom Lamm to build the Chestnut Ridge housing project in Bloomingburg. In December, Lamm and Nakdimen, along with Volvy Smilowitz of Monroe, were charged […]
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Carmen R. Vazquez graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also […]
BY ALLISON WHITE Revised plans to expand the Dunkin’ Donuts/Mini Mart & gas station along Willow Grove Rd. in Stony Point were shown to the town’s Planning Board last week. As was the case in March when the original plan was revealed, dozens of residents from the surrounding neighborhood turned out to express concern. Partly in […]
Rockland County marked Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week with a special recognition ceremony for outstanding EMS workers in the county. The awards ceremony was held May 21 at the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona. “Every day countless lives are saved by the hundreds of EMS providers in our community,” said County Executive Ed Day. […]
On May 24, 2017, Chief Weidel hosted the Annual Ramapo PD Awards Ceremony recognizing 42 members of the department, both officers and dispatchers, for performing outstanding police work. Awards were in five distinct categories: Meritorious 1st, Meritorious 2nd, Excellent Police Service, Honorable Service, and Lifesaving. Incidents included a police response to a murder-suicide call involving […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I spent years coaching young people in our community and I saw them at their best – hardworking, dedicated, talented. It would break my heart years later when word got back to me about a young person I coached who was lost to drugs or alcohol. Over the […]