Peekskill Police Officer Runs over Two Teens; Ramapo Police Accused of Cover up On September 7, 2016 a Peekskill Police officer ran over two yeshiva students on Route 22. The officer, Jonathan Mosquera, 24 years old of Suffern, was late for his night shift with the Peekskill Police Department and was allegedly speeding, trying to […]
Orangeburg event scheduled for April 8 BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The largest U.S. commemoration of the infamous Bataan Death March of World War II is scheduled for April 8 in Orangeburg, and is expected to draw thousands of visitors to the Orangetown hamlet for military memorial services. An ad-hoc committee headed by New City […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The owners of the property of the former Fiesta Cancun restaurant on Rt. 9W in Stony Point have torn the century-old building down after years of it sitting unoccupied. Stony Point Supervisor Jim Monaghan said the town had no control over the property owner’s decision. The owner told the town he is […]
At Wednesday’s board meeting Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and the town board voted Councilman Yitzchok Ullman as deputy supervisor, ending Councilman Patrick Withers two-year stint in the position. Withers has butted heads with St. Lawrence at times. He stood alongside former Ramapo Councilman Daniel Friedman, who passed away in an apparent suicide Friday, in calling […]
Public supportive of Ramapo Central School District name change Results confirm parents, staff members and the general public supporting changing the Ramapo Central School District’s name to Suffern Central as proposed by School Board trustees. The district hopes to differentiate itself from controversy-plagued East Ramapo School District. Under the status quo names were confused partly because […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NEW CITY- Rockland PBA President Chris Tiernan stood on the steps of Rockland Superior Court and blasted NY Governor Andrew Cuomo at a Wednesday afternoon rally against the governor’s commutation of Judith Clark’s life sentence. “Andrew Cuomo got it wrong when he said [1981 Brinks Robbery co-conspirator and convicted cop killer Judith […]