Grace Vanderwaal has done it. The 12-year-old Suffern resident has gone from obscurity to champion of America’s Got Talent, clearly outshining the field with her original folksy music and unique crooning voice. Â Her songs featured lyrics uncanny in their wisdom for a person only 12-years-old. The victory is most likely the launching point for a […]
BY STEPHANIE GATES The most obvious indication that school is coming back to session are the ads for back to school sales in retail stores and on television. In fact, Rockland County School district begins in a less than ___ weeks [whenever you run this] and we know parents are beginning to budget for freshening […]
FROM WRCR.COM Scenic Hudson, RiverKeeper, and partners will be presenting information about the alleged threat the Pilgrim Pipelines poses to local communities. The presentation will take place Thursday September 22, 6:30 p.m. at Rockland Community College. The two proposed pipelines comprising the Pilgrim project would carry up to 400,000 gallons of petroleum a day between […]
BY VICTORIA TANNER Arts education is commonly one of the topics cut from school programming when budgets dip. Parents are able to supplement this by enrolling their kids in after school or weekend music lessons to keep the arts alive. Samuel Faraci,  strongly believes in the value a music education can provide a person, from elementary […]
Sgt. Det. Stephen Cole-Hatchard of the Clarkstown PD has resigned following a series of controversies between he and the town board and his recent placement on administrative leave. On Thursday, September 1 the Rockland County Times released documents the paper had obtained showing that at the request of Chief Michael Sullivan, Cole-Hatchard spent time on the job researching […]
DA’S PRESS RELEASE On September 1, 2016, Samuel “Shmuel” Tress pleaded guilty in the Airmont Justice Court to Official Misconduct, a Class “A” misdemeanor offense after resigning his position as Town Councilman for the Town of Ramapo. His resignation was a condition of his plea agreement with the District Attorney’s Office. He also received a […]