By Barry Warner Autumn is here, students are back in school and the leaves are starting to display magnificent colors. School Superintendent Dr. Deborah L. Wortham told The Rockland County Times, “We will seek opportunities to increase learning in our buildings and connect with our community on a rising trajectory. Our theme this year is […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY On Sunday, Preserve Rockland hosted speakers Naftuli Moster of Young Advocates For Fair Education (YAFFED) and Fraidy Reiss, ‘Unchained At Last,’ a non-profit focused on ending forced marriage, to speak to a crowd of 80 people outside the Pearl River Elks club. Moster and Reiss grew up in the ultra orthodox community and are now activist […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The brazen legal persecution of former Rockland COBA union leaders who opposed the reelection of their boss Sheriff Louis Falco in 2015 continues unabated as Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe and prosecutor Richard Kennison Moran have chosen to play along with Falco rather than deal with opposing him on a sensitive issue. The DA has moved to indict CO […]
Ileana Eckert released the following statement on the death of 1990 North Rockland alumnus Michael Fahy, FDNY: “The North Rockland Central School District community offers prayers and our deepest sympathy to the family of New York City Fire Battalion Chief Michael J. Fahy. Michael was a 1990 NRHS graduate and varsity athlete who excelled both in […]
PHOTO BY TOM MCGUIRE The NRSA recently kicked off the 2016 season with a celebration at the Letchworth soccer fields. Fun, food, contests and the Rockland Boulders Boulderbird mascot were all part of the festivities.
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY CLARKSTOWN- After two months of publically clashing over police oversight and personnel issues, the Clarkstown Police Benevolent Association (PBA) and Clarkstown Town Council have agreed on $2.75 million in cuts to the $49.3 million police budget for 2017. Supervisor Hoehmann announced at a town workshop Tuesday that the cuts will come from retiring between […]