WHITE PLAINS – Jurors today returned a guilty verdict for Lacey Spears, the Chestnut Ridge mother accused of poisoning her 5-year-old son Garnett by introducing a lethal dose of salt through his feeding tube. Following a 14-day trial at Westchester County Courthouse and two days of deliberation by a jury, Spears, 27, was convicted of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The holiday season has passed, but Union Restaurant sand Bar Latino still appears to be in a charitable mood well into an unusually cold, snowy winter. From February 23 to February 25, the restaurant-with the assistance of a team of volunteer servers-served thousands of meals to North Rockland residents […]
DA REPORT: GRAND LARCENY Juanita Campbell, age 45, residing at 73 Varick Homes, Newburgh, NY, and Annie Oates, age 47, residing at 47 Williamsburgh Drive, Newburgh, NY, were indicted on February 20, 2015 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN At a special meeting on February 24, the North Rockland Central School Board unanimously voted in favor of extending a school tax exemption to eligible North Rockland veteran homeowners. Also known as the Alternative Veterans Exemption, this break on school taxes is as a result of a 2013 amendment to a New York […]