BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Over 15,000 Rockanders turned out to the polls on primary election day Tuesday, September 12. Voter turn out was highest among Democrats, largely drawn out by the contest for Surrogate Court justice between Legislator Alden Wolfe and Keith Cornell. The New City lawyer, Cornell, won the race handily, 5,549 votes to 4,314, […]
On Sunday August 27, 2017, Ramapo Police arrested 22-year-old Esther Zamir of Monsey for possession of approximately 100 “decks” of heroin, hypodermic needles, some marijuana following a complaint she drove an acquaintance’s car with authorization. Police initially charged her with a class A misdemeanor for driving a car without permission but upon further investigation charged […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM CWA NYACK, NY – Members of the Communications Workers of America Local 1103 at Nyack Hospital voted overwhelmingly to give CWA leaders authorization to call a strike if a fair contract cannot be reached. Members authorized strike action by an overwhelming 93 percent vote. Negotiations are currently underway for a new contract […]
The opioid crisis in the United States is making headlines, and once again the news is grim — the number of drivers who have been killed while driving under the influence of opioids is the highest it’s ever been. Researchers at Columbia University looked at the drug test results of more than 36,000 drivers in […]
BY MARC MOSS The Maureen Porette for County Executive campaign has provided the Rockland County Times “something” as an explanation for their late pre-primary campaign filings. Whether that “something” is accurate, we do not know. The Democratic Party county executive candidate Porette’s legally required August 11 financial filings had not been posted on the New York State […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Louis Jerome Adler, 75, and his wife, Dorothy Adler, 72, were both arrested on 44 counts of cruelty to animals on Friday, August 18. The arrest follows Hudson Valley Humane Society (HVHS) seizure of 21 live dogs, mostly Huskies or Husky-mixes at their 13 Chestnut Street home in Stony Point. The outrageous discovery […]