Heroin bust in Stony Point

On January 4 the Stony Point Police Department arrested 29-year-old Broc Donnison on two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. The New Berlin, NY man allegedly was found in possession of 13 envelopes of  heroin, several hypodermic needles and suboxone during a traffic stop in town. He was released on […]

Taxi driver reports being assaulted and robbed in Spring Valley

FROM RAMAPO PD A Spring Valley taxi driver was allegedly assaulted and robbed yesterday evening in Hillcrest. On Monday, January 4 at about 9:08 p.m., while on patrol, a Town of Ramapo Police officer was flagged down by the taxi cab driver at Rt. 45 near Rennsalear Drive in Hillcrest. According to the victim, he had picked up […]

Police seeks clues in Hempstead Rd. shooting in Ramapo

FROM RPD On Sunday, January 3 at about 8:50 p.m. the Town of Ramapo Police responded to a report of gun shots being heard in the area of Hempstead Rd. Responding officers arrived and found that an unknown subject had fired a bullet through a window of a home on Hempstead Rd. Several bullets had also […]

GEORGE IS READY: A new era begins

ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Clarkstown will be holding its annual Town Board “Reorganization” meeting on Monday, January 4, 2016 in the Town Hall Auditorium. At the event, Supervisor–elect George Hoehmann, the 45th supervisor of the Town of Clarkstown, will deliver his inaugural address, where he will discuss his vision for 2016. Hoehmann told […]

ONCE A MAN, TWICE A HERO: Thousands salute NYPD detective Air Force Special Agent Joseph Lemm, killed by suicide bomber in Afghanistan

Special Agents Joseph Lemm, Louis Bonocasa, Chester McBride, Michael Cinco, Adrianna Vorderbruggen, and Peter Taub were killed by a suicide bomber in a village near Bagram Air Base Afghanistan on Monday, December 21. Two U.S. Air Force Security Forces airmen who were with them were wounded in the attack. The remains of Lemm, a West […]

Governor Signs Jaffee Bill to Establish the Edward Hopper Citation of Merit for Visual Artists

LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week signed into law legislation to establish The Edward Hopper Citation of Merit for Visual Artists. The legislation, (A.2121A/S.4235A) sponsored by Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) unanimously passed both houses of the Legislature.  Jaffee said, “I thank the governor; the bill’s Senate sponsor, Betty Little, chair of the […]