Could there be much more to come? BY CAROL MCILMURRAY ROCKLAND- The Federal Bureau of Investigations came back to Rockland in full force Wednesday. Much-hyped expectations of a roundup of crooked politicians were not met, but only a week and a day after News 12 announced they were tipped by federal sources of looming FBI […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NYACK- Adam Koplowitz, 21, isn’t a fan of local sticker vandal Vinny Raffa, and even got arrested by cops proving it. Koplowitz, a Nyack resident and Rockland Community College student, was arrested in the fall by Orangetown Police for defacing illegally placed Vinny Raffa bill postings on the backside of the former […]
Welcome to the “Bar Mitzvah Year” The wildly popular JCC Rockland’s International Jewish Film Festival enters its 13th season, affectionately nicknamed the “Bar Mitzvah Year” with a new array of critically acclaimed films with Jewish themes and/or created by Jewish talent. Organizers say the primary goal of the Festival is to build bridges between the Jewish […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I sent a letter today to New York State Senator John Flanagan. In it, I expressed my extreme disappointment with his recent comments regarding the East Ramapo Central School District. Both Senator Flanagan and his colleague, Senator Carl Marcellino, have publicly opposed a monitor with veto power for the […]
In the wake of the FBI raids in the Town on Ramapo this week aimed at yeshivas who allegedly misused federal grant monies, the community with awash in reaction and opinion. Local political candidate, activist and publisher of the Rockland Voice offered his two cents, putting the lack of high profile collars in perspective to […]
By Baruch Horowitz Police said the victim – a local Nyack resident – was shot in the face as he was walking near the Super 8 Motel in Nyack at around 5:40 p.m. Police launched an investigation to find out who shot a 20-year-old man in the face on Route 59 early Saturday evening. Officers […]