Carly Zenker, 16, granddaughter of former longtime Rockland resident Stephen Laub, won first prize in the national NFTY competition for designing a logo commemorating Israel’s 65th birthday. NFTY, the North American Federation of Temple Youth, is the organized youth movement of Reform Judaism in North America. About 750 local youth groups affiliate themselves with the […]
[update—the RGA website has been restored. The site was back up about an hour after they first learned it had been hacked] The website of a security firm that had been hired by anti-gun newspaper the Journal News has been hacked. RGA Investigations website has been taken over by a group calling itself “Yildiray – […]
BY HARRIET CORNELL Chairwoman, Rockland County Legislature To the Editor, While I am loathe to get into the middle of a contentious race for Rockland County Executive, I am not a candidate and feel compelled to respond to Legislator Day’s misleading, erroneous, and mean-spirited comments regarding my relationship with the law enforcement community in Rockland […]
The Town of Haverstraw Police Dept. identified a subject found last week deceased behind the strip mall on Bridge Street in the Village of West Haverstraw as Arnold Laub, age 64, last known address Garnerville Home for Adults, 228 Ramapo Road in Garnerville. The cause of death was listed as heart disease and the manner […]
MY MICHAEL RICONDA Spring Valley – Fire personnel were called to Spring Valley High School by an automatic fire alarm at around 8:30 a.m. to address what might have been a homemade bomb or chemical weapon, but turned out to be a Valentine’s Day prank. Police, hazmat teams and the Sheriff’s Bomb Disposal Unit met […]
STATEMENT FROM LEGISLATOR AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE CANDIDATE ED DAY (R) Legislator Ed Day (New City-Pomona), is issuing a call for support for his proposed measures to correct the overreaches and irregularities in Governor Cuomo’s gun bill, while simultaneously expressing his opposition to the resolution proposed by Chairwoman Harriet Cornell. “As a retired member of the law enforcement […]