ZUGIBE SAYS WOMAN DUPED TRUSTING HOMEOWNERS

From Rockland DA’s Office Sonia Dixon, 42-years-old,ย of 30 Dunnigan Drive, Pomona, has been arrested and arraigned on one count of grand larceny in the third degree, a class โ€œDโ€ felony, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe announced this week. Zugibe said that Dixon duped homeowners in financial trouble with promises to help their situation. Specifically, […]

Orangetown to Revitalize Downtown Pearl River

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown plans to revitalize the downtown business district in Pearl River starting later this year, and will kick off the campaign with a public information meeting on the project next Tuesday, Sept. 4. The meeting, which is open to everyone, will begin at 6:15 […]

236 Independence Days Later

BY ANTHONY MELร‰ Imagine 236 Independence days ago the inhabitants of Rockland County in 1776 heard the news the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Loyalist to King George knew this was a crime of such magnitude it meant an instant death sentence to all involved. The men we call founding fathers and the […]

Unendorsed Candidate Blasts GOP and Conservative Party Leaders

BY COLIN SCHMITT, Candidate for NYS Assembly 99th District (Town of Stony Point, parts of Orange County) Theย revered General George S. Patton once said, โ€œBetter to fight for something than live for nothing.โ€ This maxim is one that I have endeavored to carry out in my own life, and also in my campaign to be […]

Awards, Hellos and Goodbyes

North Rockland School Board moves through agenda quickly, approves unanimously BY SARA GILBERT The North Rockland Central School district met on Tuesday, June 5 at the North Rockland High School auditorium to honor award winners, welcome new teachers, say goodbye to retiring ones and approve funding and amendments. Megan Monteith, a first-grade teacher at North […]