On Wednesday, May 18, 6-7 p.m., the Rose Memorial Library in Stony Point will present Reading to Dogs with Paws for a Cause. Join library staff and dog handlers for the inaugural happening. Children are invited to read to a therapy dog who has been certified to encourage them to improve their reading skills. These […]
FROM THE DA’S OFFICE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe Tuesday announced the filing of criminal charges against a Pearl River couple for illegally obtaining and selling thousands of pills of prescription narcotics, including OxyContin and Xanax. District Attorney Zugibe said, “The drugs which the defendants are alleged to have trafficked in each have a street value of […]
Photo credits: Collette Fournier/RCC ORANGEBURG – More than 100 business and industry leaders, elected officials, students, faculty and administrators were on hand for the Grand Opening of Rockland Community College’s Herbert Kurz Automotive Technology Center on May 3 in Orangeburg, NY. The NC3 National Leadership Member 27,304 square foot state-of-the-art Herbert Kurz Automotive Technology […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert advise residents that the Health Department will begin treating catch basins and storm drains next week to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in the standing water inside of these structures. Work will continue throughout the county through the end of May. If you […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY editor@rocklandpost.com Dylan Lentini, a transplant from Sacramento, CA, was living in NYC homeless shelters before the Dec. 1 late night slay of Michael Wimbert, 66. Lentini is now temporarily residing at Rockland County Jail in New City as he awaits trial for the killing that has sparked much water cooler talk and […]
This week Rockland County honored 27 police officers whose collective efforts removed 388 drunken drivers from the streets in 2015. Officers from Ramapo, Spring Valley, Orangetown, Suffern, the Rockland Sheriff’s Department, New York State police Troop F and New York State Park police, were honored at the annual STOP-DWI Awards luncheon. Each of the honorees made […]