SCARY

Only one week after Senator Chuck Schumer visited Rockland warning that local first responders need more access to information of train contents to assist with fighting possible train derailments, a crude oil train derailed in Virginia. Governor Andrew Cuomo said, “Earlier today, I wrote a letter to President Obama urging the federal government take immediate […]

FIGHTING THE FORMULA

The East Ramapo School Board and its allies have launched a campaign to challenge the formula for state aid as it effects East Ramapo District. They claim the district receives less funds than it should and is categorized as “affluent” even though it is lower income. The district has 9,000 public school students and 22,000 private school students. The board […]

ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES CONTEST

ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES CONTEST

Send a creative “selfie” featuring you holding the Rockland County Times to editor@rocklandcountytimes.com. First three entries get a six month home subscription for free! The best selfie/RCT shot will win a free month of kickboxing at Tiger Schulmann’s MMA in Nanuet, free lunch from Tre Amici, Nanuet and a one-year home subscription to Rockland County Times. Our […]

Police say jumpers killed an uncle who had taken them in

Police say jumpers killed an uncle who had taken them in

Before Suffern residents Gary W. Crockett, 41, and Nickie Hunt Circelli, 40, took a plunge to their deaths off of the George Washington Bridge Monday afternoon, Suffern PD said they took part in a grisly homicide that has shaken the Suffern community. The troubled lovers had been living at Circelli’s uncle William Valenti’s home on […]

Man arrested for hit-and-run in Clarkstown

A Rockland man was arrested on Sunday for leaving the scene of an accident after he struck and injured a cyclist in New City. Jonathan Fried, 49, of Nanuet, stands accused of hitting a 45-year-old cyclist from Bogota, New Jersey at the intersection of South Little Tor Road and Glenwood Drive in New City. Though […]

Suffern pair found in waters beneath GW Bridge, die shortly after rescue

Suffern pair found in waters beneath GW Bridge, die shortly after rescue

UPDATE – According to the Cliffview Pilot, police sources now state the deaths were an apparent suicide. The couple held hands and leaped to their fate according to a witness, a police source told www.cliffviewpilot.com. Suffern Police are holding a press conference tomorrow as they had been looking into the couple for other reasons. NBC reports […]