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 […]
Free mulch available for Ramapo residents at Provident Bank Park Public Service Alert Free, untreated root mulch will be available for pick-up by Ramapo residents at Provident Bank Park starting Tuesday, March 12 through Sunday, March 17 from 9 a.m. to dusk, while supply lasts.
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 David Carlucci will host his Veterans Advisory Committee meeting next Thursday (Valentine’s Day), February 14 from 10 a.m. – 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 Carlucci’s “Jobs for Heroes” legislation in the Senate. The bill, […]