Preserve Rockland’s Clarkstown petitions challenged by Board of Elections

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – Preserve Rockland, which is running candidates for various local elections in Clarkstown, is facing a challenge to their candidates’ petitions in the latest of several election season court battles. On August 23, the Board invalidated candidacy petitions for Council candidate John Noto, Supervisor candidate Brian Moran, and Highway Superintendent […]

Can Congers Elementary be Saved?

Can Congers Elementary be Saved?

BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL On Thursday, August 29, word spread fast that Congers Elementary would not be opening this year, just 11 days before the start of school. The school was declared unsafe and anyone in the building was told to vacate immediately. A letter from Superintendent J. Thomas Morton and Principal Martha Ryan was […]

Aaron Klein: The Man, The Myth, The Muckraker

Aaron Klein: The Man, The Myth, The Muckraker

Aaron Klein delivers the goods on Syria, Benghazi and his new book “Impeachable Offenses” in an exclusive interview with the Rockland County Times BY RAQUEL OKYAY Prominent Jerusalem-based investigative journalist Aaron Klein has given the Rockland County Times a run-down on Syria, Benghazi and his new book “Impeachable Offenses.” “The president has no choice but […]

Schoenberger Challenging Day’s Preserve Rockland Petitions in Court

BY MARC MOSS Tis the season to bring a lawsuit. Electoral opponents continue to harangue each other over technicalities in election petitions and the Board of Elections has proven more than willing to throw out petitions it finds legally subpar. In the latest development, Democratic front-runner for county executive, Legislator Ilan Schoenberger, has filed a suit to invalidate […]

Ben’s Working On It

Recently Stony Point’s Rose Memorial Library became the subject of attention because a patron was suspended from its premises for a month due to joining a pornographic chat room “Busty Babes,” while in the presence of others, including an 11-year-old child who complained about the situation. Community members were surprised to learn that due to […]

Historical Society to present a “Walk Through History” commemorating the Andre / Arnold Affair

Historical Society to present a “Walk Through History” commemorating the Andre / Arnold Affair

On September 22, 1780, Major John Andre and Benedict Arnold met in the woods along the Hudson shoreline. Their act of treason was a pivotal point in the Revolutionary war. To commemorate the meeting of these two men, the HSRC will present a “Walk Through History” visiting the places in Rockland that were involved in […]