To the Editor, After yesterday’s news, it really hits home how bad our local government has become. I am not condemning all of our leaders, but enough have condemned themselves recently to cast our local government in a very dim light. All of the accused were voted into office by people who trusted them, believed […]
A trio of Ramapo poets: Marty Levine, Diane Weber and Harry Waitzman, will be joined by Rockland County’s own poet laureate, Dan Masterson, on Wedesday, April 10, 7 p.m. at the community room of the New City Library. The esteemed poets will offer readings from their original works, followed by an open reading. Community participation […]
The controversial Patrick Farm housing development received final site plan approval from the Town of Ramapo Planning Board at the end of its March 21 meeting, representing a partial victory for developers Scenic Development, LLC. However, the project as a whole has not been approved and continues to face legal challenges. According to Pomona Trustee […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – The Ramapo Town Board met on March 13 to discuss matters business, but attracted significant attention for a recent gesture expressing support for the controversial gun control provisions of the New York State SAFE Act. The memorializing resolution supporting the law had passed unanimously and with little fanfare at the […]
BY ANTHONY MELÉ The New York SAFE Law offends the spirit and word of the US Constitution. The Bill of Rights will cease to exist if we permit it to be rewritten by knee jerk reactionaries and political opportunist seeking to centralize power in a government of the few. The US Constitution will be relegated […]
INCIDENT AND ARREST REPORTS FROM THE RAMAPO PD SMALL FIRE IN MONSEY On Tuesday, March 12 at approximately 10 p.m., Ramapo police responded to a call at the Monsey Park Home for adults, located at 15 Monsey Blvd., Monsey, N.Y., reporting a possible fire. Responding officers reported a heavy smoke condition and said that the facility […]