COUNTY PRESS RELEASE County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert on Wednesday requested that residents and businesses pay particular attention to saving water. “Rockland County has experienced below-average rainfall and near-record temperatures,” said County Executive Day. “It’s important for all residents to conserve water at home, at work and even […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA WEST NYACK – A 22-year old Spring Valley man was arrested this weekend for brandishing a loaded .22 caliber revolver during an argument with another man at the Palisades Center. Justin Saul Marrero was arrested on August 29 after a dispute at the mall. Police were called to the mall’s Crocs outlet […]
Spring Valley Mayor Demeza Delhomme, no stranger to brash, grandiose statements, once again roused controversy when it was revealed he declared he was “King of the Village.” The clip, which was filmed June 8 but went viral on social media this week, showed Delhomme engaged in a heated argument with the village trustees over his […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The owners of Pearl River’s infamous “Party House” have been fined $1,000 by the Orangetown Justice Court to satisfy two tickets they received for operating an illegal bed and breakfast operation and for allowing commercial filming of some of the parties without obtaining a filming permit. The […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Rockland County appeared to be in good fiscal shape in the last fiscal year, according to preliminary findings by auditors contracted to examine the county’s finances. According to draft figures compiled by O’Connor Davies, the audit firm tasked with examining the county’s fiscal state, the county did well last […]
BY KATHY KAHN The Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor is sited in the very place General George Washington commanded troops during the American Revolution and awarded the Badge of Merit to wounded soldiers, which later became known as the Purple Heart. The museum recently re-opened after a $2.1 million renovation, offering a […]