(Update – as of Wednesday morning the town has appealed the ruling) New vote ordered by Justice Garvey Supreme Court Justice Margaret Garvey has ordered a new vote on the Ward-system referendum in Ramapo. Judge Garvey ruled that incorrect and misleading information had been distributed regarding absentee ballot rules and voting eligibility standards by the Town […]
SUFFERN – A bomb threat was emailed to Rockland Community College on Thursday, but was deemed a hoax after a police search found no threat on campus. The college received the email at 9:06 a.m. which detailed that a bomb would explode on campus that day. School officials notified police and evacuated the campus before […]
Michael E. LaFrancois , 24, 0f 36 Peck St., West Haverstraw, has been arrested on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (a C felony), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree. On September 26, 2014, the […]
Richard Gandon of the news site Rockland Star has caught a woman in a potential act of election fraud, as she identified herself as a representative of the Rockland Board of Elections to him over the phone, instructing him to vote ‘No’ on the Ramapo ward referendum today. Listen to the riveting footage here: NEWSMAN CATCHES […]
HEALTH DEPT. PRESS RELEASE Commissioner of Health Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, DO, FAAFP, today announced the first confirmed case of Enterovirus (EV-D68) in Rockland County. The case, confirmed by the New York State Department of Health, involves a child with a history of asthma, who was treated and released from Westchester Medical Center. Due to privacy […]
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) said, “I strongly urge the Town of Ramapo to reconsider their decision to not allow poll watchers during the upcoming ward referendum vote. Denying representatives from either side of an election the ability to observe the voting process goes against the spirit of fair and open democracy. From national elections to […]