Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced last Thursday that Baudilio Ramos, 59, of Spring Valley has been convicted of sexually abusing a three-year-old boy. The jury in the trial found Ramos guilty of one county of sexual abuse in the first degree, a felony, and one count of endangering the welfare of a […]
NYPD Now Video Taping All Interrogation of Suspects Last week New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that suspects in all murder, sex crime, and felony assault cases will be recorded during their interrogations with police. Kelly said recording what police officers and suspects say is practical, helpful, and safeguards civil rights. The recordings will […]
BY CANDACE RIVERA This week’s Ramapo Town Hall meeting was short and to the point, including reconstruction plans for the embankments of the Mahwah River and ideas to go green. To the relief of many residents, the Mahwah River area has been tapped by FEMA for reconstruction due to Hurricane Irene. The plan is already […]
BY LEGAL LARRY The recent chronicles of the East Ramapo School District are troubling to say the least. But perhaps the most troubling aspect of the East Ramapo School District’s actions involves the callous disregard of the law by the school district and their attorneys. Services the school district provided are cut to the bone […]
Opens Saturday, September 22nd The Annual Town of Ramapo Fall Big Screen Classics Movie Festival will begin on Saturday, September 22 at the Historic Lafayette Theater in downtown Suffern, Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence has announced. The first film presentation will be the exciting war time drama “Guns Of Navarone” starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and […]
In the newly redrawn 98th Assembly District, which includes areas of Monsey and half of Ramapo along with Monroe and parts of Orange County, a contentious three-way Democratic primary had voters across the district choosing the candidate that lived closest to them. The primary pitted Rockland County Legislator Aron Wieder against Orange County Legislator Myrna […]