Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announced recently that free rabies shots (vaccinations) are available for cats, dogs and ferrets on Sunday, October 4, 2015 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Rockland County Fire Training Center, 35 Firemen’s Memorial Drive in Pomona. No appointment is needed. […]
Yankees great known for his way with words passes away at 90 BY HERB FISCHER Sadly, it is now officially “over.” One of the quirkiest American and New York City legends of the last century—master of the unwitting malapropism—and, arguably, the most iconic Yankees catcher in the team’s illustrious history, died of natural causes in his […]
NEW CITY – Valley Cottage residents woke on the morning of September 21 to find their cars had been used by an unknown assailant or assailants for some late night target practice. The suspect or suspects responsible hit 12 cars on Sedge and Ridge roads with what was most likely a BB gun overnight, according […]
DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe on Monday announced that Juan Perez-Coira (DOB 09/07/70) of Spring Valley, New York, was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison after a bench trial that convicted him of: Two counts of murder in the second degree, class “A” felonies One count of attempted […]
BY JAMES BERNICK The Virgin Mary and St. Pachomius Coptic Orthodox Church of Stony Point will be hosting its annual Egyptian Festival over the coming two weekends. The festival will run on the church grounds at 3 Swim Club Road in Stony Point from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. on Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, […]
PERSONNEL AND FUNDING ISSUES COULD GO UNRESOLVED BEYOND SIGN DATE BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Sympaticare, the company that plans to lease and eventually buy the Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care facilities, might not be ready by the stipulated contract date of September 30, according to CEO Shalom Bronstein. Bronstein, who provided an […]