“After hearing emotional cries for prison time for the two men who took responsibility for the Evergreen Court Home for Adults fire, Rockland County Court Judge Kevin Russo stuck to his commitment and sentenced Nathaniel and Aaron Sommer to probation.…
“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…
“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…
Editorial by Steven White in The Journal News “A fatal fire occurred in Spring Valley on March 4, but the sequence of events that took the precious lives of five family members began much earlier. Residents of Spring Valley, volunteer firefighters and…
The following is an email from Chestnut Ridge activist Jerry Liebelson’s Chestnut Ridge Communications. It was sent March 17, 2023, and those interested in receiving these notices can sign up directly via an email to PUBLIC@JLWARE.COM. “Hi all, On Wednesday,…
To achieve the final boundaries of our proposed map, we used the Dave’s Redistricting online mapping tool, but in this final version we broke down Census Tracts into their component parts of Census Blocks, whenever necessary, to refine and hone…
“A mile-plus stretch of Route 45, from Eckerson Road to New Hempstead Road, is being named “The Jared Lloyd Memorial Highway.” The naming honors the Spring Valley volunteer firefighter who was killed March 23, 2021, as he tried to rescue residents in a massive…
