Photo and captions by Jim Nordmann St-Patrick-2013 – “Let’s Cheer” – Megan Witt, 10th grade member of Albertus Magnus Falcons High School Cheerleading Squad, beams a big smile with clear instruction to the crowd to “Let Cheers!” at the start of 2013 Pearl River St Patrick Day parade. The Albertus Magnus Falcon Cheerleading squad placed […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – The Ramapo Town Board met on March 13 to discuss matters business, but attracted significant attention for a recent gesture expressing support for the controversial gun control provisions of the New York State SAFE Act. The memorializing resolution supporting the law had passed unanimously and with little fanfare at the […]
The Division of Homeland Security and emergency Services (DHSES) has awarded $102 million in grant funding to 29 counties across the state to help improve first responder communications and to promote a network of regional partnerships that will include state agencies, including $5.5 million to Rockland County. The awards will help expand radio coverage within […]
EJ McMahon, director of the Manhattan Institute, and noted columnist in many major newspapers, will be the guest speaker at next month’s meeting of the Clarkstown Taxpayers group. The Taxpayers will be handing out a copy of the town’s overtime report. so residents can learn which town employees make over $30,000 in overtime. The meeting […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Orangetown’s “War of the Masons” heated up two weeks ago to the point where it appeared World War III had erupted over who could regulate use of the German Masonic Fairgrounds in Tappan – the Masons who own and operate it or the Town of Orangetown which […]
BY TOM MCGUIRE It’s amazing what a touch of computer enhancement can do. We hope you all enjoyed your St. Patrick’s Day weekend.