BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Legislators must go back to the drawing board as State Senator David Carlucci has officially rebuffed a proposal from the Rockland County Legislature to raise the Rockland portion of the sales tax in order to reduce the county’s deficit. According to state Senate rules in order for an increase to be passed […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL No public comments on budget at this week’s NRCSD Meeting The North Rockland Central School district met on Tuesday evening at North Rockland High School to honor several students who had won essay contests, and hold a public hearing on the 2012 – 2013 budget. Once again the evening started on a […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Police in Oceanside California on Wednesday discovered the body of former Chargers and Patriots Probowl linebacker Junior Seau. According to police, Seau’s body was found at his home by his girlfriend with a single gunshot wound to the chest. Police are ruling it as a suicide. Both the New England Patriots and […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Piermont Historical Society will formally dedicate the recently created Rockland Road Bridge Historic District with a special ceremony at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, the society has announced. The public is invited to attend and participate in the event. Included in the ceremony will be […]
The Rockland Boulders will host the local qualifier for the Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run Competition on Saturday, May 12, at Provident Bank Park in Pomona, New York. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. The competition is free for all participants. Boy and girls ages 7-14 are welcome to compete in the three […]
The man who got off the hook for murder because the judge could not pinpoint whether it was he or his girlfriend that killed their infant daughter Michelle, or how exactly it happened, has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison Michael Aviles (DOB 04/12/69) of 153 Hudson Avenue, Haverstraw was found guilty […]