Saturday, February 25, 2012
Company, group saluted at fundraising event.
United Water and the Rockland Business Association were honored by the Rockland Fire Training Center at its first-ever fundraising dinner on Thursday at Casa Mia in Blauvelt. United Water was recognized for its work with the Fire Training Center in times of emergencies along with its assistance with training and planning. Also honored at the event was longtime Rockland volunteer firefighter Stuart Gates of Stony Point.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Bill would mandate everyone convicted of a crime provide a DNA sample
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Orange) joined Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy, Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco, District Attorney Tom Zugibe, and other state and local officials at the Rockland Fire Training Center in Ramapo on Wednesday to urge passage of expanding the DNA database. The legislation would mandate that people convicted of all crimes provide a DNA sample. Currently, just about half of the people convicted of a felony and certain misdemeanor crimes are included in a database. State and local officials have said the expansion is necessary to improve and update law enforcement tools that would help go after criminals. The State Senate has already adopted Governor Cuomo’s proposal which now is in the State Assembly.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The sixth symposium dealt with abandoned houses and illegally converting single residency homes
The Keep Rockland Beautiful Code Enforcement Task Force focused on two big housing issues in the county at its annual symposium Wednesday morning. The Sixth Annual Code Enforcement Symposium was held at the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona, and officials from the county spoke on the two issues: people abandoning their homes and single room occupancies being converted so multiple families can live there. “We only hold the symposium when we feel like an issue has gotten bad enough that we need to start talking about how to fix it,” said Orangetown Highway Department Supervisor Jim Dean, a Keep Rockland Beautiful board member who moderated the event. “In this case we felt like we had two issues to discuss.” Keep Rockland …
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Our weekly roundup of captivating local photos
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
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The Truth
1:22 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012
Everyone is very quiet on UW today!!! very interesting , guess all must be busy at camp UW, only employees would argue so hard ! more ›