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 […]
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced Tuesday, March 26 that Genghis Khan (DOB 06/01/89) of 1008 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, New York was found guilty following a jury trial of: One count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, a class “A-II” Felony One count of Unlawful Possession of […]
Lalor asks, “Cuomo’s minimum wage tax credits encourage replacing adult employees with teenagers. Does anybody read these laws before they print them?” Statement on the Minimum Wage Proposal from Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) It looks like Governor Cuomo and Speaker Silver have made a mess of it again. Their new minimum wage […]