Pope Benedict XVI has become the first head of the Catholic Church to resign in 600 years, citing deteriorating health. The 85-year-old pontiff said in a statement translated from Latin, ““In today’s world subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to […]
Here are some photos by Tom McGuire of snow scenes following our recent blizzard. Feel free to send in one of your photos to consider for publication to editor@rocklandtimes.com. FOLLOWING PHOTOS BY LISA DI FALCO The snow-fish of South Nyack
Beware of icy conditions during your morning commute — a storm system is moving in overnight that will start off as snow and freezing rain and then change to all-rain around 9 a.m., forecasters say. The National Weather Service has issued a Freezing Rain Advisory for 3 – 9 a.m.
Friday and Saturday’s Nor’easter brought the biggest snow totals to hit Rockland County in two years, blanketing our area with 10-15 inches of the white stuff. While that sounds bad enough, areas to the east in parts of Connecticut, Long Island and Massachussets received two or even three feet of snow. Saturday is clean-up day […]
Sheriff Louis Falco III announced that February  7, 2013 at approximately 11 a.m., detectives arrested suspended Rockland County Sheriff’s Correction Officer Daniel Whittaker at his residence at 5A Blue Hill Commons, Orangeburg. Whittaker was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, fourth degree (Class A misdemeanors) as a result of a January 9 search warrant […]
A Monsey man convicted in August of raping a female child over the course of six years, has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison, the DA’s Office announced on Wednesday. Eliyahu Zarifa, a resident of 242-H Kearsing Parkway, Monsey, who will turn 47 on March 1, was also sentenced to 10 years post-release […]