Fourteen accused in $229,000 child care fraud bust From the DA’s Office Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe, joined by Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and Susan Sherwood, Commissioner of Social Services, last week in announcing that 14 individuals face charges of illegally obtaining subsidized child care funds. The defendants allegedly fraudulently obtained […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo reminded New Yorkers to volunteer at their favorite state park or historic site as part of the second annual “I Love My Park Day” that will be held this Saturday, May 4, 2013. Volunteers who would like to support clean-up and beautification efforts at sites across the state, including areas that […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – The New NY Bridge group held an event on April 24 to inform local businesses about opportunities which will open with the rebuild of the Tappan Zee Bridge and connect them to larger contractors associated with the project. The meeting featured a panel of representatives from the New York State […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA With the passage of a resolution through the County Legislature’s Planning and Public Works Committee on April 30, the naming of the Spring Valley toll plaza in honor of the late Rockland County Times publisher Armand Miele has come closer to being a reality. The resolution requests New York State and the […]
From the DA Village of Haverstraw Trustee Thomas Watson, 39, of 99 Maple Avenue, Haverstraw, New York has been charged with one count of grand larceny in the third degree, a class “D” felony, pertaining to an alleged act of contractor’s fraud. Watson also goes by the name Terence Watson. Watson, a licensed home improvement contractor who conducts […]
George W. Bush Library Dedicated in Dallas Current president Barack Obama joined former commander-in-chief George W. Bush and several former presidents at the dedication ceremony for the presidential library which bears Bush’s name on April 25, marking an unusually nonpartisan display for high-profile Democrats and Republicans. Attendees included former presidents Jimmy Carter, George Bush Senior […]