Back in 1991, 9,000 town residents created the Village of Airmont to preserve their semi-rural neighborhoods from overdevelopment, traffic and pollution and to ensure enough water to sustain them. It’s one of many village and hamlets dotting New York’s landscape, and Rockland residents have a front-row seat to see how easily they can be swallowed […]
A community in mourning will not get closure for at least a few more weeks. District Attorney, Tom Walsh, joined County Executive Ed Day and several agencies this morning to hold a press conference regarding the fire at Evergreen Center for Adults last week that killed Spring Valley Firefighter Jared Lloyd and an unidentified resident. […]
Jared Lloyd’s son turned six yesterday. Hundreds of first responders from Rockland County, Orange County, and New Jersey drove by his house to wish him a happy birthday. Lloyd died Tuesday morning as he helped save over 100 lives in a major fire at the Evergreen Adult Home in Spring Valley. Over 150 pieces of […]
SUFFERN, NY – On Friday February 28, 2020, Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht, Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel, Ramapo Sgt. Christopher Youngman, and members of “Hope Not Handcuffs” announced the launch of the Hope Not Handcuffs program in the Town of Ramapo. Hope Not Handcuffs-Hudson Valley, a program of the Tri-County Community Partnership Inc., is aimed […]
The Five Town Supervisors of Rockland County would like to announce the “kick-off” of the Town Cares Coat Drive. The program runs now, through December 23, 2019. The Towns are collecting coats for kids and adults with the help of numerous local dry cleaners. The dry cleaners will clean the coats free of charge, and […]
To the Editor, Democrats and Independents in Ramapo seem to have a political death wish. Many voters in Ramapo refuse to register in any party in order to show their independence. This guarantees that our very well organized Hassidic community will continue to control the Democratic primary and guarantees a town board that does what […]