When the gas company Spectra proposed expanding a gas pipeline that runs through North Rockland they promised neighbors they would not cause too much of a disturbance. However, some Mott Farm Road and Kelly Court residents in the hamlet of Tomkins Cove contend the project has been a burden on their neighborhood already. Pictured here […]
Cropsey Home & barn hearing to be held Tuesday BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Clarkstown Town Board will hold a public hearing Tuesday evening (Oct. 20) on a proposal to designate the 250-year old Cropsey Home and Barn in New City as historic structures, and add them to the list of […]
BY MICHAEL VOLPE Court Referee Dean Richardson-Mendelson recently issued a scathing ruling against Susan Carrington, a Maryland mother who has not seen either of her two children in more than four years, and whose Rockland County custody case received international attention after a series of RCT articles. The latest courtroom ruling has come even as […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY STONY POINT- Stony Point Supervisor Geoff Finn and town board members held a press conference on Tuesday Oct. 13 to announce a pending suit and requested court injuction to stop Haverstraw’s Joint Regional Sewerage Boards (JRSB) from terminating its agreement with Stony Point on Dec 31 of this year. The action […]
BY ADAM LUCENTE Reporting from East Jerusalem ‘Intifada’ is an Arabic word meaning ‘uprising.’ It was used to describe events between 1987 and 1993 (the First Intifada) as well as 2000 and 2005 (the Second Intifada). These seminal Palestinian uprisings against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza included suicide bombings, demolitions, targeted […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Among the numerous issues plaguing the East Ramapo school district is the plethora of private religious schools receiving state and federal money that are out of compliance with fire safety code requirements, a fire official told the public this week at the East Ramapo School Board meeting. Spring Valley Fire Department captain […]