Former Nanuet, N.Y, resident was promoted to the rank of Navy commander during a ceremony at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Va., Dec. 28. Navy Commander Emily Allen, (nee Li) graduated from Nanuet Senior High School in 1993 and attributes most of her success to her high school English teacher, Catherine Nowicki. Allen said […]
Cuomo’s Seven Round Limit on Gun Magazines to be Indefinitely Lifted One of the signature pieces of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s SAFE Act, the seven round limit on gun magazines, has been scrapped according to Senate Republicans. In a win for gun rights proponents who claimed the SAFE Act was pushed through the legislature hastily and […]
Rockland County Times EIC Dylan Skriloff earned the 877 Civilian Award last week at the Haverstraw Elks annual Law Enforcement Dinner for the Rockland County Times and his coverage of the Journal News gun-map fiasco. Hundreds or more law enforcement names and addresses were revealed on the Journal News gun-map, causing outrage within much of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – With the public participation period of its budget process completed, the Village of Suffern will bring the matter to a final vote on April 1, though a final list of budget items might not have been completed yet. According to Suffern Mayor Dagan Lacorte, minor changes to the budget will […]
John Corcoran and John Fox, you have some competition as far as being the officials seals of Stony Point. Folks gathered at the Pennybridge Marina in Stony Point (on the border with Haverstraw) Wednesday were in for a big surprise when this youngster showed up. It is highly uncommon, though not unprecedented, for seals to […]
National Endowment for the Humanities “Muslim Journeys” program elicits both praise and controversy BY MICHAEL RICONDA A new library program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and benefitting Rockland Community College has raised questions on public funding going to what some activists have characterized as religious programs. The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf is a […]