PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Ossining) was joined by fellow lawmakers and baseball slugger Jose Canseco in calling for a ban on the over-the-counter sale of DMAA. In the wake of two military deaths linked to the use of a risky over the counter dietary supplement, New York State Senate Majority Coalition Leader Jeff Klein […]
The Clarkstown Police Department has announced the untimely passing of active duty Police Officer Christopher McCrudden. McCrudden passed away on March 4, 2013 after having complications due to a recent illness. McCrudden was 50 years old and served the department for 24 years. McCrudden was predeceased by his brother Terrance who also was an active member […]
The Office of State Attorney Eric Schneiderman has requested testimony on the sales and leasing of two public schools to private yeshivas from former East Ramapo School Board member Stephen Price, adding pressure to the already embattled school board. Price has not announced if or when he would testify but said he would cooperate with […]
It was a morning for the races in Rockland as two separate police pursuits took place on opposite ends of the county one after the other. The first chase led cops from New Hempstead Rd. in New City down the Palisades Parkway onto Rt. 59 and then into the downtown and the backstreets ofWest Nyack. […]
Rockland Sheriff’s patrol officers were greeted with a surprise chase this morning as a man decided to hit the gas at a routine road block. A winding chase led officers from New Hempstead Rd. to the Palisades Parkway, all the way to downtown West Nyack. Sgt. Kenneth Johnston said the perp took off when “He […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA A recent investigative report by Julie Wiener and Hella Winston of Manhattan’s Jewish Week publication revealed that religious Jewish schools in Rockland have been receiving substantial technology subsidies, though many of the schools have little to no information technology available. According to the report, 285 Jewish schools across New York State have […]