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 […]
BY KATHY KAHN Sixty years ago, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of an observation deck at a Texas University and shot 46 people. Thirty-six survived. Whitman was eventually killed by a first responder. Today, attacks at schools, universities, military posts, stores and entertainment venues may seem more the norm than the exception, primarily due […]
The Supervisor of the Town of Haverstraw, Howard T. Phillips, Jr.; the Supervisor of the Town of Stony Point, Jim Monaghan; and North Rockland Athletic Director, Joseph Casarella this week announced the upcoming 13th Annual North Rockland Community 5K Run/Walk and charity fundraiser. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, June 5, 9 a.m. at […]
BY JAMES BERNICK A charity pizza-eating contest at Body Bank Fitness in New City raised more than $5,600 dollars for local philanthropic organizations Saturday evening. The competition pitted trainer Anthony “The Mighty Italian” Muscatella, a graduate of Nanuet High School, against fellow trainer Steven “Mostly Shirtless” Ramos, a New City native who finished third in […]
Frank J. Michella lined up to the fifth hole at Phillip J. Rotella Golf Course on April 13 and suddenly it was 1986 again. That was the last time the avid golfer hit a hole-in-one. On this early spring day in 2016, the 88-year-old Michella was destined to hit his second hole-in-one, using his driver […]