107th Anniversary of Haverstraw Landslide to be Marked

107th Anniversary of Haverstraw Landslide to be Marked

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 […]

Naturalization Ceremony Held at the Fire Training Center in Pomona

Naturalization Ceremony Held at the Fire Training Center in Pomona

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 […]

COUNTY EXECUTIVE VETOES MOST CHANGES TO HIS PROPOSED BUDGET

COUNTY EXECUTIVE VETOES MOST CHANGES TO HIS PROPOSED BUDGET

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 […]

CRIME REPORT 12/13

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 […]