WEST NYACK – A Haverstraw man now faces a slew of charges after he allegedly physically attacked a police officer and an EMT while intoxicated and out-of-control. Daniel McCormack, 31, was arrested last night and charged with third-degree assault, second-degree obstructing government administration and resisting arrest, all misdemeanors and third-degree assault, a felony. He was […]
BY RAQUEL OKYAY AND MICHAEL VOLPE A leading New York forensic psychiatrist told the Rockland County Times that family court proceedings, to the detriment of families, are bought and paid to the highest parental bidder. “This sort of thing happens in more than half the custody battles that I am involved in,” said Dr. Michael […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN A host of troubles appears to be dogging the Rockland Sewer District No. 1. Last October the district was ordered to pay almost a million dollars to the New Jersey village of Upper Saddle River for damages caused by sewage overflows on Saddle River Road. More recently the state Court of Appeals refused […]
CONGERS – Three Congers men were arrested late last week in connection to a string of arson incidents in the Congers area over the past several months, according to Clarkstown Police. The Clarkstown Detective Bureau identified Jesse Wickes, 33, Seth Levy, 30 and Kenneth Tagle, 39 as suspects in a string of about seven separate […]
Hi Tor Animal Shelter has received a $500,000 grant last week from the New York State Assembly to support the shelter’s Capital Campaign. Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski and Lizanne Fiorentino, president of Hi Tor’s Board of Trustees, announced the award at Furball, Hi Tor’s first gala fundraiser for the Capital Campaign. “I am very happy that […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Bicyclist Gene Jackson remembers watching the Tappan Zee Bridge being built in the early 1950s. “It was very different then, there wasn’t as much traffic,” the Spring Valley native said. “I thought the seminar was great and can’t wait to bicycle on the new bridge,” Jackson said after hearing about the bike […]