BY DIANA BIERMAN In honor of 9-year-old Janiah Rollins, the St. Peter’s Cadets Memorial Basketball Tournament was held at St. Peter’s School in Haverstraw from December 17 until December 21. Spring Valley resident, Janiah, was diagnosed with a rare malignant brain tumor called pineoblastoma when she was just 7-years-old in November 2009. For a year […]
Arrest made in 1994 cold case, the shooting of Rene Charles BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It was 17 years in waiting but the Spring Valley cops finally got their man, Daniel Jean Baptiste, a 68-year-old Spring Valley resident, was arrested on second degree murder charges last week for the shooting of local community leader Rene Charles […]
It was supposed to be a smooth goodbye for longtime Sheriff James Kralik, but Clarkstown Sergeant and media liaison Harry Baumann changed all that when he spilled his guts to Steve Lieberman of the Journal News about Kralik’s supposedly bloated budgets and “empire-building” ambitions, including a supposed desire to consolidate all police departments into one. Baumann lamented […]
Road trenching fees to rise in Orangetown and sewer line replacement costs shift back to homeowners BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The cost of digging up streets to repair utility lines will go up in Orangetown next year, both for utility companies, contractors and homeowners. The Town Board unanimously approved two resolutions […]
Lingerie bandits apprehended Victoria’s Secret at the Palisades Mall in West Nyack, has been the location of a crime, yet again. In June the store was robbed of $16,000 cash. In 2009, over $20,000 in lingerie was stolen from the location. This time, three employees of the lingerie store are suspected of stealing approximately $60,000 in […]
YMCA celebrates annual Night of M.A.G.I.C. by honoring the parents of “The Man in the Red Bandana” The Rockland County YMCA recently held its Night of M.A.G.I.C. at the Nyack Seaport to honor Jefferson and Alison Crowther of Upper Nyack for their exemplary community service and for Making A Genuine Impact on Children and young […]