“Lead-laden sink fixtures, shut for seven years, are slated to be replaced throughout East Ramapo schools within a year, according to East Ramapo and state Department of Education officials. The state confirmed the planned work in communications with The Journal…
“The Suffern school district’s population is growing. But public school enrollment is shrinking. Many of those new families moving into the district are opting for private schools, Suffern schools Superintendent Erik Gunderson recently explained. That’s mostly yeshivas that serve the…
Spring Valley firefighter John Kapral walks past a photo of Jared Lloyd at the Columbian Fire Engine Co. No. 1 firehouse June 22, 2023. Firefighters there, and around the county, are upset about Rockland DA Thomas Walsh’s decision to offer…
“The owner of the Lake Street house where five people died in a March inferno has been fined more than $30,000 for multiple fire and safety code violations at a neighboring house. The fatal fire in March at 118 Lake…
Ramapo Senor High School “Around 70% of East Ramapo buildings — including every single school — failed a recent safety survey, and others were determined to be unsatisfactory. Not a single building in use by the district was considered in…
“A petition movement has garnered more than 2,800 names demanding Rockland District Attorney Thomas Walsh resign over his no-jail plea deal for two rabbis who admitted causing the 2021 adult home fire in which firefighter Jared Lloyd and resident Oliver…
The Journal News reported on Thursday that calls for the resignation of Rockland’s District Attorney Thomas Walsh were arriving from across the State. Walsh’s plea deal with the two defendants in the deadly Evergreen fire has ignited a backlash from…
The unofficial results of Tuesday’s primary elections from the Rockland Board of Elections: Family Court Judge(VOTE FOR) 1Patricia Brimais Tenemille. . . . . 3,559 37.97Christopher Exias. . . . . . . . 5,714 60.97WRITE-IN. . . . .…
“The guys at Spring Valley’s Columbian Fire Engine Co. No. 1 have been through a long 2 1/2 years. And now a long week. Two-and-a-half years since they’d buried one of their own, Jared Lloyd, their sports-loving, Mets-fan, firefighter brother,…
“A request by Rockland’s primary water supplier to change its service agreement as part of a rate increase is being viewed by firefighters and watchdogs as an attempt to avoid any public liabilities. Veolia North America’s rate increase seeks to…
