Jojo John receives two years for 2013 boat crash DUI that claimed lives of two close friends

DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced that Jojo K. John (DOB 01/04/78) of 37G Gail Drive, Nyack, New York was sentenced to two years in the Rockland County jail on his guilty plea to two counts of vehicular manslaughter in the Second Degree, class “D” Felonies, in the deaths […]

Obama EPA nixes Andy’s Tappan Zee Dreams

PRESS RELEASE EPA Decision on State of New York’s Proposal to Use Clean Water Funding for Projects Related to Replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge Each year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides millions of dollars to the State of New York, which in turn provides funding to local governments for various clean water purposes, including […]

Enterovirus D68 sickens more than a dozen in New York

(CNN) — More than a dozen cases of Enterovirus D68 have been confirmed in New York state, according to officials. “EV-D68 is causing cases of severe respiratory illness … sometimes resulting in hospitalization, especially among children with asthma,” the NYS Department of Health said in a statement Friday. Enteroviruses are quite common in September; the U.S. […]

Suffern company to put largest solar array in county on their roof

Suffern company to put largest solar array in county on their roof

Sources within the solar power industry have informed the Rockland County Times that Manhattan Beer Distributors, who have a large production and shipping facility in Suffern, will soon install the county’s largest solar array, surpassing the recent installation at Nice-Pak/PDI in Orangeburg. Manhattan Beer Distributors boasts of being an environmentally-friendly company. They claim to be […]