Orangetown Board condemns Gov. Cuomo’s Commutation of Brinks Terrorist Sentence

Orangetown Board condemns Gov. Cuomo’s  Commutation of Brinks Terrorist Sentence

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES An enraged Orangetown Town Board Tuesday unanimously condemned New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo for commuting the life prison sentence of convicted Brinks armored car robber Judith Clark, and demanded that her original sentence of 75 years to life be re-imposed and served in full. The resolution […]

STATE POLICE: Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman believed to be dead after bridge jump

NY State Police informed the public that former Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman is presumed dead in the waters beneath the Bear Mt Bridge. A man driving Friedman’s car was filmed on surveillance jumping from the bridge this morning and Friedman’s whereabouts are unknown, police said. They began a search for Friedman’s body beneath the bridge […]

IT’S OFFICIAL: Taxes up in Ramapo

IT’S OFFICIAL: Taxes up in Ramapo

BY KATHY KAHN  The Town of Ramapo’s last official board meeting on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. found a dozen residents waiting to hear how last minute budget resolutions would affect them. Ramapo’s $102 million budget for fiscal 2017 carries between a 5-7 percent increase to property owners, depending on where the property is located. […]

YMCA Honors Four Community Pillars at Night of MAGIC

YMCA Honors Four Community Pillars at Night of MAGIC

  BY JAMIE KEMPTON Photos by Bob Wallace Jim Kane’s roots at the YMCA run deep. The Nyack native and lifelong resident started as a young pinsetter on the Y’s bowling lanes and learned all manner of sporting activities at the historic brick building on South Broadway. “I bowled, set up the pins, played basketball, […]

Republican Elections Commissioner Files Suit in Effort to Keep Job

Republican Elections Commissioner Files Suit in Effort to Keep Job

BY JOEL GROSSBARTH Rockland’s Republican Election Commissioner Louis C. “Butch” Babcock has filed a lawsuit in Rockland County Supreme Court seeking to keep his current job. The case of Matter of Babcock v. Giblin, et al., was filed against Patricia Giblin, the nominee to replace Babcock as Election Commissioner as well as Lawrence Garvey, the […]

LEADERSHIP ROCKLAND ANNOUNCES CLASS OF 2017 Twenty five emerging leaders to participate in year-long program NEW CITY, N.Y. (Nov. 30, 2016) – Twenty five emerging leaders from a wide range of disciplines will comprise Leadership Rockland, Inc.’s Class of 2017. It will be the 27th class of Leadership Rockland, Rockland’s premier leadership program. Class members […]