The Independence Café held a ribbon cutting on January 29 to recognize its official grand opening on the second floor of the Rockland County Courthouse in New City. The Independence Café is a subsidiary of Rockland Independent Living Center (RILC). The Café was developed to provide employment opportunities to veterans and those with disabilities while […]
Troop NYC – Truck with 100 Pounds of Heroin Seized The New York State Police, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and New York City Police Department have arrested and charged two men with transporting approximately 100 pounds of heroin hidden within vehicle parts within New York City. Following an investigation, […]
BY ADAM LUCENTE Stony Point—As the Stony Point Town Board convened for its second meeting of 2016 on Tuesday, January 26, the local sewer system was topic du jour. The meeting mainly focused on a report by the head of the town Sewer Department, Karl Kirkpatrick. He explained to the board that the town’s sewage […]
A horrifying accident in May 2015 that saw a Brega Transport bus contracted to Camp Venture broadside an ambulette at an intersection on Rt. 303 leading into the Palisades Center Maill, has finally led to a lawsuit by one of the surviving parties. No lawsuit has yet been filed by members of the family of the […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The controversial child custody case pitting Maryland woman Susan Carrington vs. Rockland’s John McNelis of the influential Rockland County McNelis family has taken a sudden turn in her favor. At a Rockland County Family Court hearing last Thursday in which McNelis sought action against Carrington for allegedly violating an order preventing her […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The topsy turvy stock market has a lot of folks wondering: Will 2016 be an economic repeat of 2008? Not quite. Trends Research Institute CEO Gerald Celente, one of the few forecasts to accurately predict the havoc of 2008, says it will be even worse. “This year will have a new […]