DA’s Press Release Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced Monday that a total of $329,504 in grant money has been obtained from the United States Department of Justice to help plan and implement the county’s newly created misdemeanor drug court. “Under the grants, we have been able to launch and support our misdemeanor […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Recently, I wrote about the sometimes deadly lack of air conditioning for prisoners during our blisteringly hot summers. Despite several inmate deaths in cellblocks with temperatures as high as 130 degrees, I got a raft of reader emails taking me to task for being too soft on convicts. This week, I turn […]
Rockland County Native, Steven Louis Bercovitch’s photography depicts his vision of the majestic beauty that surrounds us. Working in the medium of Giclee printing to canvas and infused inks to metal, he is exploring the theme of “Parallel Universes” displaying the universal connections of sky, earth and water. Steven’s recent photographs will be exhibited at […]
Dear Editor, On Saturday, October 25, 1952 Robert Nugent, Ramapo Town Clerk and resident of Sloatsburg was murdered on the Rockland and Orange County border. Mr. Nugent was a veteran of World War II. He participated in many major battles of that conflict and lost both of his legs. He was married and had two […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE “I Hate Hamlet,” the opener for Antrim Playhouse’s 76th season, is another winner for one of Rockland County’s top community theaters. Set entirely in the top floor apartment of a Brownstone just off Washington Square in New York City in the late 1980s, the play features a fine cast including Dale […]
Jody Ann Hemmings, 24, of New York, New York was sentenced last week to 14 years in state prison and five years post-release supervision for killing Pomona resident, Jason Ogneoff. Hemmings pleaded guilty to one county of manslaughter in the first degree, a felony and one count of arson in the second degree, also a […]