BY DYLAN BESTLER The Rockland Community College Tennis team will face up against Suffolk Community College in Long Island on Friday to compete for a chance to go to the National Tournament in Plano, Texas from May 15-19. Coach Joseph Gravanga took over the team five years ago when the program didn’t have much going […]
Paula Bohovesky’s murderers due to appear at semi-annual parole hearings BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Orangetown Town Board has again gone unanimously on record requesting the New York State Parole Board to deny the parole application bids submitted by the two convicted killers of 16-year-old Pearl River High School student Paula […]
Earth Day Economics Each year on April 22, we join millions of people around the world to celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day established 47 years ago in the U.S., reminds and encourages us all to be more environmentally friendly. Whether we plant trees, sign petitions, or clean up our roads and waterways, we come […]
The Willows at Ramapo Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, formerly Ramapo Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, has completed an extensive multi-million dollar renovation project transforming the center into a leading healthcare provider. The renovation project marks the completion of an effort to enhance Suffern’s leading resource for skilled nursing care and rehabilitation. The community has been renamed as […]
BY DIANE DIMOND There’s a new forensic tool that’s being developed that’s going to knock your socks off! Investigative science professor Dr. Glen P. Jackson at West Virginia University spoke with me recently about his advances in crime fighting, and while it’s all kind of science-y, I think you’ll agree it is fascinating. Professor Jackson […]
April 30 deadline looms BY KATHY KAHN Phillip Mathangani, whose parents immigrated from Kenya and settled in Rockland County, watched their son thrive in the North Rockland School District—in Phillip’s free time, he volunteered in his church and the community. The 2006 NRSD student graduated The University of Pennsylvania and went on to a career […]