STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN As coals heated on the barbeque and ears of shucked corn, burgers and other picnic fare waited their turn on the grill, Stony Point’s Republican candidates met with the public at a barbeque Wednesday evening. Town Councilman Jim Monaghan — running on the Republican, Conservative, Independent, Working Parties and Reform […]
Wanamaker & Carlough Funeral Home, the Missing in America Project and County of Rockland Veterans partner to honor veterans SUFFERN – Three Rockland County veterans whose cremated remains have been unclaimed will be laid to rest with help from the Wanamaker & Carlough Funeral Home in Suffern, New York, the Missing in America Project and […]
The Clarkstown Board of Education is asking the public to join the discussion about the proposed 2015 Facilities Improvement Bond. Earlier this year, the Facilities Improvement Committee shared concerns over the aging of the district’s school buildings and repairs that are becoming increasingly urgent. During a September 8 meeting, the committee presented greater details on […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Dennis Walcott spent a busy day with East Ramapo students and teachers last week. “I went to a number of schools today and am dealing with opening day with its challenges,” he told the Rockland County Times last Wednesday, during a nine-minute conversation. While his answers were nonspecific, he said, “There are […]
NorthEast Community Bank, with offices in Massachusetts and New York, opened its first branch in Rockland County in August. Opening its doors on August 17, the bank has already accrued $11 million in deposits from both new residential and business customers. NorthEast, founded by NECB’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth A. Martinek’s grandfather, has […]
Spring Valley man convicted of setting witness on fire A Spring Valley man was convicted on August 20 for a string of violent crimes which included a gasoline attack on an eyewitness to a retaliation against a previous victim. Wesner Pierre, 29, of Alan Road, was convicted of third-degree arson, second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession […]