On Wednesday, March 6, , the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office; the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations; New York State agencies, and local police departments executed search warrants at seven locations in connection with Rockland County smoke shops following a year-long investigation. Search warrants were executed at smoke shops in the following […]
Students learn problem-solving and teamwork in addition to designing and building robots by working with professional mentors to participate at the Hudson Valley Regional, March 7-9, 2024 High-school students from New York State, the UK and Turkey, including ten lower Hudson Valley area schools will have the opportunity to showcase their hard work after an […]
On Thursday, February 29, Rockland County employees gathered at the County Courthouse bridge to honor Chief of Detectives Peter Walker, who retired after a 30 year career in law enforcement. His successor, Deirdre Smith, was sworn in as Chief of Detectives for the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office on Friday, March 1, making her the […]
When Piermont resident and freelance TV/film makeup artist Joanne Ottaviano applied to Optimum’s Derek Jeter Community GOAT (Greatest of All Time) Contest in late 2023, she never dreamed she would be selected as one of its winners. Fortunately for her. Ottaviano’s work to improve the village of Piermont was exactly the sort of effort that […]
That Louise Higgins named her Pearl River restaurant Café Diem is a fact most would call fitting: the West Nyack resident is no stranger to “seizing the day.” Having worked in a corporate role in construction finance for 25 years, Higgins decided to pursue the new venture after being diagnosed with sarcoma in her abdomen […]
A Town of Clarkstown man has been con- victed for felony illegal commercialization of elephant ivory worth some $70,000. Kenneth Kerner, 59, was sentenced to five years of probation, 200 hours of community service, an obligation to donate $10,000 to a wildlife non-governmental organization, relinquishing three ivory pool cues offered during the illicit sale, and […]