If there is one thing we here at the Rockland Times have learned over the past year and a half, it’s that people’s reactions to a problem can often dictate how bad that problem will be. Case in point, the hacking of the Colonial Pipeline. Though the pipeline has already resumed operation, after being forced […]
For one of the football teams in town, the draft provided little to no drama and in many ways played out the way you thought it would a week ago. It was the worst kept secret for the last two months that the Jets were selecting Zach Wilson out of BYU to be their next […]
By Michael Specht, Ramapo Town Supervisor On Monday the Town of Ramapo and the Village of Suffern announced “a major victory” in a tax assessment case that will help save their residents a significant amount of money. The legal case concerned Novartis Pharmaceutical facility; a 167-acre property located on Old Mill Road in Suffern, […]
A history lesson in modern-day horse racing events Britain is considered to be the birthplace of many of the world’s much-loved sports, and one of those is horse racing. The kind of horse racing events that we see drawing huge numbers of spectators and bettors in today’s era actually originated in the U.K. It […]
By: Jennifer Korn Randi Rios-Castro clearly cares about people. With more than 20 years of experience in the disability services field, it was no surprise when the Jawonio Board of Directors unanimously chose Rios-Castro to succeed the organization’s former CEO, Jill Warner. Rios-Castro began her tenure in October 2020 and was quickly impressed by the […]
As we pause today to celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we can’t help but reflect on the past year. Since we last gathered, we’ve had some struggles, and they have been both gut and heart wrenching. The killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor shook so many of us to our core, […]