New York State Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski, D-New City, has proposed legislation giving the state power to force schools to conform to fire safety guidelines and verify inspections. Schools must submit annual fire safety reports to the state Department of Education, but according to Zebrowski, there aren’t any consequences for schools that don’t comply. His new […]
BY JEREMY MOONEYHAM The Academy for Martial Arts welcomed the public to a free “Goal-setting seminar and bully-proof workshop” last Sunday in Orangetown. Owner and Senior Instructor Sensei Jackeline Harnett, a Kempo Karate and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist, along with Academy staff guided nearly 60 children between the ages four and 10 in drills and exercises […]
Chairman of the Rockland County Legislature Alden Wolfe has filed a notice of appeal following the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the CSEA and AFL-CIO unions against the county and several county representatives and entities, including Wolfe himself. The suit claimed the closure of the Summit Park Hospital violated the County Charter. The unions and co-petitioner […]
The Clarkstown Police Dept. has corrected its response to an earlier inquiry into campaign sign vandalism in the town. Last week a public relations officer stated there had been no reported complaints. On Monday, August 29 Clarkstown PD Sgt. Jo Anne Fratianni corrected the record. She stated, “Since August 1 we have taken 13 reports […]
DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe on Monday announced the arrest of Bernard Hughes III, 56 of 4 Trachtenberg Court, West Nyack, New York on one count of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a class “D” felony. Hughes, a veteran foreman at the Rockland County Highway Department, is accused of trafficking powder and crack cocaine […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF As a trend of vandalism and theft of Donald Trump campaign material continues in Rockland County, one New City woman is taking a stand against it. Linda Tirelli is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandal or vandals who defaced three Trump for President lawn signs on her […]