District Attorney, Social Services Commissioner agree: Reform Medicaid

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – With about 24 percent of Rockland County’s budget directed toward medicaid reimbursements and a 50 percent local share of the state’s Medicaid expenses on localities’ shoulders statewide, the issue of Medicaid fraud has become a topic of increasing concern among county residents. When the matter was discussed at a […]

COLLEGE & HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COMING TO PROVIDENT BANK PARK

Nearly 80 games over the next three months The Ramapo Local Development Corporation announced this that Provident Bank Park, which is located in the Town of Ramapo, will once again host a series of college and high school baseball games this year. After the weather warms up and the snow clears, St. Thomas Aquinas College, […]

County takes aim at potholes

PRESS RELEASE With the arrival of warmer weather, Rockland County Executive Ed Day has directed the County Highway Department to launch an all-out assault on potholes. Crews are using a new asphalt recycler, which produces 2,600 pounds of hot mix asphalt – in as little as 15 minutes – at a fraction of the cost […]

Timelines: 3/11/15

Stony Point resident demands compensation for wrecked mailboxes A Stony Point man is demanding restitution from the Town after snow plows repeatedly destroyed his mailbox. Anthony Liccardi, 67, found his first mailbox destroyed early in February at his Skinner Court split-level, presumably by a snow plow. After he purchased a new one, another plow knocked […]

Suspect in custody after stabbing at Spring Valley High School

Suspect in custody after stabbing at Spring Valley High School

SPRING VALLEY – A 17-year old student at Spring Valley High School was stabbed multiple times following an altercation with another 16-year old student on Tuesday morning, sustaining serious but non-life threatening injuries. The incident began shortly before 8:45 a.m. when the two students-who reportedly knew each other and had prior history of conflict-entered into […]