On May 27, 2026, at approximately 10:28 p.m., two officers on patrol were flagged down in the area of the Gesner Drive apartment complex regarding a reported stabbing. Officers quickly encountered the suspect, later identified as 31-year-old Malik Baptiste of Spring Valley. Mr. Baptiste fled on foot, prompting a brief foot pursuit before officers successfully […]
By Alexander Gordon Satoshi Kon’s final film is a thriller about a device that allows therapists to enter their patients’ dreams. When the device is stolen, dreams begin invading waking reality, and the boundaries between the two collapse entirely. The animation by Madhouse is Kon’s most technically complex; dream sequences cascade through visual references to […]
Growing up, my dad had a habit of saving people who didn’t actually need saving. There was the time we were on vacation at Disney World and he tried to help an elderly woman cross a busy parking lot filled with cars and speeding parking trams. Concerned for her safety, he grabbed her arm to […]
Dear Readers, I have received many questions regarding how I select which letters are placed in the paper. I want to make it very clear – unless there is egregiously foul, harmful or language insinuating you will harm others, I do not “pick and choose” what letters I place in the paper. I have also […]
“Memorial Month” has officially come to a close. The smoke has settled from the Watch Fires that lit up the skies at Bowline Point, Eugene Levy Park, Clausland Mountain, and Piermont Pier. Ceremonies across the county have concluded, parades are all packed up, and banners will come down any day now. With summer approaching, the […]
On June 2, 2026, at approximately 5:39 pm, officers responded to the intersection of Ravenna Drive and Tiffin Lane in the northeast section of the Town of Ramapo for a reported pedestrian struck by a vehicle. Officers on scene were advised that an 8-year-old female resident of Ramapo was riding her bicycle when she was […]