Third Annual Earth Citizen Walk will be held at Rockland Lake State Park; proceeds to benefit IBREA and Rockland Farm Alliance. Rain or shine, walkers will gather at Rockland Lake State Park on Sunday, May 6, for a 1 or 3-mile family walk to benefit local and international groups working as stewards of the earth. […]
BY TONI SOWA Rally For America and Tea Parties United held a joint meeting Sunday, April 15, at the West Nyack Library to voice their concerns about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which came into affect two years ago in March. Their guest speaker was Ms. Betsy McCaughey Ph. D., a patient advocate, […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Shaul Spitzer, the 18-year-old who lit fellow New Square resident Aron Rottenberg on fire last year, has plead guilty to first degree assault, a class A felony, and will face seven years in state prison On Tuesday, Spitzer told Supreme Court Justice William Kelly that he knew he erred and “must be […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Debate heats up at North Rockland School Board meeting The North Rockland Central School board committee of the whole met Tuesday evening at the administration building to discuss the district’s report card and the vote on next years district budget. During the first public comments section, concerned local resident Diego Aviles took […]
BY JARED RODRIGUEZ Ellen Donovan read about a local group of Newburgh residents that were tired of seeing shuttered store windows, high taxes, and growing economic malaise. These Orange County residents joined together to create what is now known as a Cash Mob. A Cash Mob is a lot like a flash mob. A large […]
Rocco Cannella, 50, of Nanuet nearly fainted when he realized the $5,000,000 Cash scratch-off game he just purchased earned him a $5,000,000 jackpot win. The Rockland County contractor is the first Lottery player in the state to win the top prize on the $20 game that went on sale April 3. “I always give the […]