Is this the Craigslist ad that led to murder?

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Dylan Lentini, 19, pled not guilty to four counts of murder in the second and three counts of robbery in the first this morning at the Rockland County Courthouse. Lentini stood next to his public defenders, Kenneth Murphy and Walter Sakowski, wearing an orange jump suit with a green jacket. Lentini claims that […]

North Rockland’s 1960s hippie church wins one of 28 NYS historic preservation awards

Last week the New York State Board for Historic Preservation recommended 28 properties, resources and districts to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, one of which is in Rockland County. The Rockland County property is the USCO Church in Garnerville. The state said the property is significant for its association with the Company […]

Accused Craigslist Killer to be charged at Rockland Courthouse

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY  Accused Craigslist killer, 19-year-old Dylan Lentini is to be formally charged by Judge William A. Kelly in Rockland Court on Thursday, Dec 10. after he was indicted on Friday, Dec. 4 by a grand jury for murder in the second, intent, class A felony. Rockland Public Defender James Licata will represent Lentini […]

Ramapo Cops Were Highest-Paid

Ramapo’s 104 police officers were paid an average of $173,361 last year, making them the highest-paid town police in New York, according to the Empire Center’s 2015 “What They Make” report. The report uses pay data reported to the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015. […]

Pilgrim Pipeline on pace to cross through western Rockland

BY CHRISTIAN HALSTEAD MAHWAH- The town council of Mahway, NJ unanimously decided at a board meeting December 3 to attempt to regulate pipelines passing through its township. This decision was spurred by the Pilgrim Pipeline’s seemingly imminent construction. The Pilgrim Pipeline, a proposed set of two oil pipelines to run from Albany to the Bayway […]

Unsung Heroes: Restoring Dignity and Offering Hope to Rockland’s Homeless

BY JANIE ROSMAN Board president of Helping Hands of Rockland Raoul Cansino has worked tirelessly and without any pay after bringing the non-profit into being. Cansino, a German language teacher and Community Service Chair at Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge has been doing Midnight Runs with his students in the Green Medal Service […]