Frustrated first-responders walk out after Soskin and Schoenberger delay vote BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY– The protection of emergency personnel from illegal housing modifications made by unscrupulous property-owners has been universally described as a critical, valid concern in the County Legislature. However, when it comes to offering even memorializing support for such protections, the rubber […]
New claims against former BOCES Hilltop principal Kimberly Taylor are similar to those exposed in a recent WABC investigation, which revealed verbal and possible physical abuse by Principal Taylor toward students at the school. In the new case, “Jane Doe” has accused Taylor of verbally accosting her son 10-year-old “John Doe” and laying her hands […]
STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY The Office of the Rockland County Executive today announced that County Executive Ed Day is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Due to detection of the cancer in an early stage of the disease when it is most treatable, the County Executive is likely to be cured […]
May 24 Memorial Day Observance At 12 p.m. at the Frederick Loecher Veterans Cemetery on Brick Church Road in the village of New Hempstead, the Rockland County Veterans Coordinating Council invites everyone to the Memorial Day Observance. A secondary service will be held at the Gary Onderdunk Veterans Cemetery on the grounds of Rockland Community College. at 1 p.m. Afterwards, […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Last week’s meeting at Nyack High School was a far cry from the scenario one year ago. “The state has in fact decided to relocate the bike/pedestrian path in Rockland away from the corner of South Broadway and Cornelison,” Special Project Advisor Brian Conybeare told the audience, which responded […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Each of us knows someone who makes our day with a smile and a friendly hello, someone we can’t wait to see. For many in Rockland County, he’s People to People van driver Frank Vitaliano. “Frank was part-time Food Pantry Assistant when I first became Executive Director of People to People in […]