Friday and Saturday’s Nor’easter brought the biggest snow totals to hit Rockland County in two years, blanketing our area with 10-15 inches of the white stuff. While that sounds bad enough, areas to the east in parts of Connecticut, Long Island and Massachussets received two or even three feet of snow. Saturday is clean-up day […]
Sheriff Louis Falco III announced that February 7, 2013 at approximately 11 a.m., detectives arrested suspended Rockland County Sheriff’s Correction Officer Daniel Whittaker at his residence at 5A Blue Hill Commons, Orangeburg. Whittaker was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, fourth degree (Class A misdemeanors) as a result of a January 9 search warrant […]
A Monsey man convicted in August of raping a female child over the course of six years, has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison, the DA’s Office announced on Wednesday. Eliyahu Zarifa, a resident of 242-H Kearsing Parkway, Monsey, who will turn 47 on March 1, was also sentenced to 10 years post-release […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL After starting off on a happy note with an awards ceremony, this week’s Clarkstown Board meeting ended off with many sour-faced residents getting under the skin of Supervisor Gromack and the board. The 2012 Clarkstown Pride Awards were given out at the board meeting on February 5. The awards are given […]
Public Service Announcement from United Water United Water is advising customers to be aware of phone scams from individuals pretending to be company employees. “A few customers have advised us that they received questionable calls,” said Michael Pointing, general manager and vice president of the United Water New York Division. In the first instance, an […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The Rockland County Legislature convened on February 2 to discuss various matters, paying particular attention to a contentious resolution, which fills a potentially unfair gap left by a technicality of law. Following an occasionally tense debate over the fairness of the measure, the vote was almost unanimous, with Legislator […]