March Haiti Mission to be Organized by Rocklanders

A Rockland County effort to organize medicine and medicinal supplies for a mid-March medical mission to Haiti are underway. The mission will include a free medical clinic for children that will be staffed by local doctors joining the mission. The effort will be led by Konbit Neg Lakay, the Rockland County Haiti Relief Campaign, and […]

SENATOR TO HOST VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Senator David Carlucci will host his Veterans Advisory Committee meeting next Thursday (Valentine’s Day), February 14 from 10 a.m. โ€“ noon. The event will be held at the VFW Ramapo Post 2973, 16 Ramapo Road, Suffern. Among the topics that will be discussed includes Senator Carlucciโ€™s โ€œJobs for Heroesโ€ legislation in the Senate. The bill, […]

Low Down on Jan. 9 Ramapo Town Board Meeting

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern โ€“ The Ramapo Town board convened at 8 p.m. on January 9 to discuss matters of town business, including a grant for Hurricane Sandy relief, reimbursements for the Maccabi Games, the annexation of certain properties into the village of New Square, and the consolidation of fire districts. The biggest item was […]

Menorah Sculpture to be lit at Suffern Gazebo

Chabad’s annual Public Menorah Lighting, will be highlighted this year with the lighting of a Nine foot Menorah carved out of a 500 lb. block of ice by sculptorย Kim Phuong. The Chanukah event will be held onย Monday, December 10, at 6 p.m.ย (Sculpting will begin at 4:30 p.m.) in the Suffern Gazebo/Community Center, located at the […]

READER SAYS IT’S OBVIOUS THAT CUTS ARE NECESSARY

Dear Editor, With the county $100 million in debt we no longer have the luxury to decide to cut the budget or not. We must cut the budget and eliminate the duplication of services with in our county. From my personal observations Rockland County is well policed and of course that’s a good thing. We […]

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