BY DIANA BIERMAN What’s nine feet tall and carved out of a 500-pound block of ice? The menorah lit at the Chabad Jewish Center of Suffern’s annual Chanukah celebration! The event, held on December 10 at the Suffern Community Center gazebo and led by Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, featured lighting of the unusually tall ice menorah. […]
The Haverstraw Brick Museum has announced the date of their annual commemoration of the Haverstraw Landslide of 1906. It will take place at the Brick Museum on Sunday, January 6, 2013, and the program will be led by Village Historian Stephen Cobb. On January 8, 1906, 19 Haverstraw residents lost their lives as their homes […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES One of Rockland County’s most historic and picturesque bridges will be re-built by the Town of Orangetown in downtown Tappan next year, and both historians and residents appear to be united in their praise of the project. The six-month effort will be undertaken when the weather breaks […]
BY BARRY WARNER Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato hosted the Naturalization Ceremony on Friday, December 7, 2012 and administered the Oath of Allegiance to 151 new citizens from 42 countries. Hon. Victor J. Alfieri, Jr. served as the officiating Supreme Court Justice. The veterans of The Marine Corps League advanced and retired the colors plus […]
PRESS RELEASE County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef on Wednesday vetoed most of the amendments that the Legislature made to his proposed budget. Vanderhoef did not veto the Legislature’s restoration of the Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol and five Patrol officers, as well as the Mosquito Control Program of the Rockland County Health Department. “I share and respect […]
DA REPORT: ASSAULT & CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON Fredi Bonilla, age 27, homeless, Spring Valley, was indicted on December 3, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of assault in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated […]