Susan Carrington gets big win in court

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The controversial child custody case pitting Maryland woman Susan Carrington vs. Rockland’s John McNelis of the influential Rockland County McNelis family has taken a sudden turn in her favor. At a Rockland County Family Court hearing last Thursday in which McNelis sought action against Carrington for allegedly violating an order preventing her […]

PANIC OF 2016

  BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The topsy turvy stock market has a lot of folks wondering: Will 2016 be an economic repeat of 2008? Not quite. Trends Research Institute CEO Gerald Celente, one of the few forecasts to accurately predict the havoc of 2008, says it will be even worse. “This year will have a new […]

Town of Ramapo has no Police Chief

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY RAMAPO- Since Chief Peter Brower retired on Sept 28, 2015, Ramapo Town Board has not appointed a new or acting police chief. According to Capt. Thomas Cokeley, “There is no acting chief, no appointed chief and no interim chief at the moment…There is no one here in the Town of Ramapo holding […]

ROCKLAND COUNTY LEGISLATURE PASSES AGENDA, AWARDS CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Rockland County Legislature held their first full meeting of the year on Tuesday. During the meeting the legislative body tabled a vote on a new proposed law called, “The Co-op Fair Treatment Law” until February. Three members of the Hudson Gateway Realtors Association (HGRA) spoke in favor of the proposed law during […]

TIMELINES 1/20/16

Spring Valley Murder Case After the stabbing and death of 20 year-old Orange County volunteer firefighter, Justin Speights, police have begun an investigation into the case. Coincidence would have it that an apartment owned by Spring Valley Trustee Vilair Fonvil’s family was raided by police in the search for the assailant. Police believe a renter […]

Consultants Present Results of Study for Redeveloping South Nyack and Exit 10

BY JANIE ROSMAN Tuesday night South Nyack residents learned possibilities for land currently being used as a staging area for the bridge project. “Several years ago we began thinking about what we can do to protect the character and integrity of South Nyack, promote the village’s economy, along with trying to make it an affordable […]