The non-profit organization POW’R Against Tobacco and statewide partners have officially kicked off the regional and statewide launch of Tobacco Free New York State’s 2022 “It’s Not Just” campaign, intended to educate people across New York State about the tobacco industry’s historically inequitable marketing and promotion of menthol-flavored tobacco products. The “It’s Not Just” campaign […]
Mamari Jewelers has been one of the most well-trusted jewelry businesses in Rockland for over three decades. With over 40 years of experience, the owner, Usama Mamari, did not always know that he was going to become a jeweler. Studying as a computer analyst while working as a part-time jeweler with a drive to become […]
Brian Reed recieved an unpleasnt supirse last month, when he discovered that a 13 year old girl he had arranged to meet was in fact an undercover investigator with the Rockland County Dstricit Attorneys Office. Reed, 33, of Sussex, New Jersey is a registered sex offender who was previously convicted in the Garden State, before […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Legislature Chairman Jay Hood Jr. remind residents the local sales cap tax on motor fuel, which is capped at $2 per gallon, goes into effect tomorrow, June 1. The change means local sales tax will only be applied to the first $2 of a gasoline purchase. Inspectors from […]
By Town Supervisor George Hoehmann There is a wonderful quote that epitomizes Memorial Day’s true meaning: honoring the sacrifice of those who died in war. I think of it often as we approach our annual holiday that commemorates the fallen. “Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last […]
A Ramapo stduent celebrated the end of the school year on Tuesday by driving a motor bike through the halls of Ramapo Sr. High School. The Ramapo P.D. were quickly alerted to the situation by the Police SRO assigned to the school. Ramapo officers apprehended the person responsible on Camp Hill Road after a breif […]