Local Finance Experts Weigh in on JPMorgan Chase Loss

BY SARA GILBERT Ever since JPMorgan Chase’s announcement on Thursday, May 10 that it lost several billions of dollars on derivatives, there has been concern about what that might mean for the rest of us: for stockholders, for taxpayers, for the economy and for the government. Local asset managers have found themselves faced with questions […]

North Rockland Cash Mob

North Rockland Cash Mob

BY  JARED RODRIGUEZ Ellen Donovan read about a local group of Newburgh residents that were tired of seeing shuttered store windows, high taxes, and growing economic malaise. These Orange County residents joined together to create what is now known as a Cash Mob. A Cash Mob is a lot like a flash mob. A large […]

Overcome Fatigue, Boost your Energy, Revitalize your Life

Overcome Fatigue, Boost your Energy, Revitalize your Life

New book by Rockland native offers women an eight-step program for putting zest back into their lives World-renowned endocrinologist and metabolic medicine specialist Eva Cwynar, MD, was born and raised in Rockland County, and her parents still live here. Dr. Cwynar says, “Growing up in Rockland county, with its culture, education and sense of family […]

Incentives Entice CSS

Incentives Entice CSS

Rockland IDA assists Pomona-based manufacturer At a recent ribbon cutting ceremony, Rockland Industrial Development Agency (IDA) Executive Director, Steven Porath joined Elisha Tropper, CEO of Cambridge Security Seals (CSS) as well as town, county and school board officials to officially welcome CSS to its new Pomona-based facility, in the Town of Haverstraw. With the assistance […]

Jury Convicts Haverstraw Man of Firing Weapon Toward Haverstraw Middle School

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced this week that Rony Veras (DOB 05/28/89) of 38 Conklin Avenue, Haverstraw, New York was convicted after a jury trial of the sole count of the indictment charging him with: One count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a class “C” Violent Felony […]

Timelines — 3/7

Gunshots fired in Haverstraw Last week, police recovered four bullet casings in an area of Haverstraw near Trimble and Wall Street. They have not found the shooter or what could have been several shooters, at this time. Police responded to a report of up to seven gunshots last Wednesday night. Witnesses reportedly told police that […]