Rockland County effort becomes catalyst for change at state level Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe last week announced the results of a sweeping crackdown on STAR program violators and the unique amnesty initiative designed to help offenders avoid criminal charges. The amnesty program yielded significant results: 123 individuals came forward to voluntarily renounce […]
BY ALLAN GOLDSTEIN Ever since he was a kid in the Bronx in the mid-1950s, Nanuet resident Bob Trivero dreamed of being a radio disc jockey. Now on Friday evenings, as host of “The Doo Wop Dream Machine” on Rockland’s WRCR he comments, “It took sixty years to make my dream come true.” Playing tunes […]
Budget discussions continue at Stony Point Town Board; budget expected to be passed November 12 BY CHERYL SLAVIN The public hearing on Stony Point’s preliminary 2014 budget continued Tuesday night. The departure of business revenue from the town, and its affect upon the budget, was a theme repeated several times during the evening. Councilman James […]
Same-sex marriages begin in New Jersey With the formal withdrawal of Governor Chris Christie’s challenge to a state Supreme Court ruling permitting same sex-marriage in New Jersey, the first of many formal marriage ceremonies were officiated in the state. The ruling makes New Jersey the 14th state to have legal same sex marriage. In response to […]
American Legion James H. Anderson Post 1199 of Pearl River reached out to give their fellow Veterans a fresh start in life via a donation to Homes for Heroes, which is building affordable housing for homeless and disabled Veterans. Homes for Heroes is built on Camp Shanks, in Tappan, N.Y., from which over 1.3 million […]
Rockland Democratic chairwoman maligns American icon John Wayne as a “racist” and “white supremacist” in effort to score cheap political points ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES COMMENTARY Do the leaders of the Rockland County Democratic Party really believe that their voting base will get turned on by hearing an American icon like John Wayne maligned as a […]