STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN Within his first five minutes as the new state-appointed monitor in East Ramapo, former New York City schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott knew he had his work cut out for him. “I’m here to make sure the children of this district receive the best education possible,” Walcott told the packed Rockland […]
NEW CITY – Clarkstown voted on Tuesday to open a public hearing on a new law to impose a 6-month moratorium on new developments in residential areas while the town explores changes to its land use regulations. The law, proposed by Supervisor Alex Gromack and council members Shirley Lasker and Stephanie Hausner, would block development […]
PHOTOS FROM “ROCKLAND FIRES” FB SITE A truck flipped over at Short Clove Rd. for the third time in 14 months on Tuesday. Rockland Fires Facebook site tracks local emergency activity and made note that history “repeats itself” on Short Clove Rd. this Tuesday. The time-stamp of the incidents can be seen at the bottom […]
The Ramapo Police department is currently conducting an investigation into the causes of a fire, which destroyed a pick-up truck and trailer. At about 3 a.m., August 12 the department was advised, by a NYSP Trooper who was turning around in the Provident Bank Park lot, of a vehicle fire in the parking lot. Arriving […]
STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN School board members were served with legal papers Tuesday night in front of a packed audience at Kakiat Elementary School auditorium minutes before the meeting started. The location was moved to accommodate the larger crowd. Angry parents and educators carrying protest signs and demanding equal treatment for minority students watched as […]
FROM THE RAMAPO POLICE DEPARTMENT Today RPD responded to an unusual call. A herd of cows got loose from a dairy farm along Ackertown road in the Village of Chestnut Ridge. The cows ended up in a yard on Milrose lane which is near Ackertown road. A farm worker responded and grabbed one cow. He […]