Rockland Community College will hold their annual Sports Hall of Fame dinner event on Saturday, January 19, 2013. The festivities begin at 7 p.m. at the Italian-American Social Club in West Haverstraw. Three people are being honored as this year’s inductees, joining the 30 previous members in the RCC Sports Hall of Fame. They are: Emil […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Ramapo – In an attempt to seek outside help from state lawmakers, activists with the group The Power of Ten travelled to Albany to submit a petition requesting an oversight monitor to identify and resolve problems in the East Ramapo Central School District. The petition, which was posted on the Power of […]
A lawsuit filed against The Journal News by First Impression LLC, an interior design firm in Katonah, New York, has been dropped, management of the business informed the Rockland County Times. The owners did not feel they could afford a costly legal battle with the Gannett Corporation, parents of the Journal News. First Impression LLC, […]
BY BARRY WARNER The strategy to deter the unthinkable in the Town of Clarkstown was laid out this week. Police plan to make their presence felt at local schools so any bad guy knows the men in blue are ready to arrive at a moment’s notice and might already be there. The announcement was made […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – On Tuesday night, in response to the Journal News’ map, the Rockland County Legislature urged the State Legislature to introduce and pass two bills, one amending state penal law to protect the confidentiality of pistol license application information and another condemning the paper for exercising poor judgment in publishing […]
On January 14, 2013 at approximately 10:50 p.m. the Clarkstown Police Department arrested Komi Kalefe, 22, Bronx, NY and Gary Taylor, 26, Mount Vernon, NY. Police allege that Kalefe and Taylor utilized fraudulent Visa credit cards to obtain merchandise and assorted gift cards from Barnes & Noble and Target located at the Palisades Mall. During […]