On January 31, 2012, after an investigation, the Clarkstown Police Juvenile Aide Bureau arrested Jacques Menos, age 54, from Pomona, on a charge of rape. The investigation revealed that he allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old female. Menos was arraigned before Judge Thorsen who remanded him to the Rockland County Correctional Facility in […]
The North Rockland Business Alliance has approved up to $1,500 in matching funds for victims of the blast that occurred on January 16, 2012 and affected several homeowners, as well as injured firefighters attempting to safeguard lives. The Towns of Haverstraw and Village of West Haverstraw have set up two disaster funds to aid in […]
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced that Joel Grossbarth (DOB 03/20/61) of 29 Linden Court, New City, New York has been re-arrested and arraigned for allegedly stealing an additional $328,000 from unsuspecting clients. Grossbarth is charged with: Two counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, class “C” Felonies In November, 2008, the […]
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced that Edward Brims (DOB 04/08/57) of 244 North Main Street, Spring Valley New York was convicted after a jury trial of: -Two counts of Attempted Robbery in the First Degree, class ”C” Felonies -One count of Attempted Robbery in the Second Degree, a class “D” Felony -One […]
BY TOM OSSA Every winter around Super Bowl Sunday, hundreds of people flock to the Hudson River to watch a bunch of eager volunteers run into the freezing cold water. And every year, the funds raised at this event are used to help save the life of one or two young children in North Rockland. […]
BY CAROLYN JOHNSON Nyack resident Bern Cohen admits, at the risk of sounding immodest, that he was an outspoken high school principal. Cohen was such an effective principal that, during the Mayor Dinkins administration, he was recruited to train principals in failing high schools throughout New York City. He would spend eighteen months working alongside […]