BY JANIE ROSMAN Determined to end a system that denies black and Latino voters an equal opportunity to elect representatives on the East Ramapo Central School District school board, the New York Civil Liberties Union and Latham & Watkins LLP filed a lawsuit last Thursday against the district and NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia. Eight […]
NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day is pleased to announce that the Hungry Hollow Bridge overpass in Chestnut Ridge has reopened following repairs. The bridge, which is maintained by the state Department of Transportation, reopened Wednesday to alternating one-way traffic. “We thank the state DOT and our state representatives for working to get the bridge […]
NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day today awarded the Key to the County to a Pearl River man who helped apprehend a suspected terrorist in New York City. William V. Harris IV – known as Billy – was the third Rockland County resident to receive the award, which was presented at the […]
FROM CPD CONGERS- Clarkstown PD is looking for an alleged hit-and-run driver who sent a 7-year-old girl to the hospital with an injured leg, police announced in an early morning press release Police said the incident occurred around 8:05 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, November 21 at the intersection of Lakewood Dr. and Lakeland Ave. The vehicle that struck […]
Westchester Medical Center Health Network [WMCHealth] has expanded its cardiac services at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, now offering Bon Secours Charity Health System patients from Rockland and Orange counties badly needed access to potentially life-saving emergency care. Four board certified heart failure specialists from the nationally renowned WMCHealth Heart and Vascular Institute are now […]
BY BARRY WARNER Sheryl Rose has served as the volunteer secretary of the Rockland County Volunteer Firefighters’ Association (RCVFA) since September 1988 and has been the assistant editor of its newsletter “The Trumpet” since 2007. The object of the RCVFA is the advancement of the interests of the volunteer firefighters and the fire service by […]