Rockland

A big crowd turns out for free dinner during the We Care event at Haverstraw’s Union Restaurant and Bar Latino. The event is to way to give back to the community by welcoming struggling local families.

A day after being charged with federal crimes and indicted in Rockland for illegally possessing weapons, Lawrence Mulqueen, 49, of Nanuet appeared in U.S. District Court in White Plains on Tuesday. He arrived early and spent 20 minutes sitting in a chair, dressed in an orange jumpsuit. Officers unchained him…. Read More →

Michael Coyle, 45, of Stony Point man was ordered held on $100,000 on charges of seriously injuring another driver while driving drunk. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on Monday in Haverstraw Justice Court. Coyle was released from Nyack Hospital on Monday for arraignment on a felony charge of… Read More →

Rabbi Meilech Spitzer, the principal of a major religious school in Spring Valley, has been charged with assault, accused of slapping a 10-year-old student in the face several times. Spitzer is charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, and accused of intending to physically harm the child. Spitzer slapped the victim… Read More →

Suffern beat New Rochelle 8-0 in a Section 1 Division 1 hockey semifinal at Sport-O-Rama  

The North Rockland Chapter Youth for Hospice will be hosting its first community event in memory of Carol A. Pileggi fro 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday (Feb.21) at Lynch’s Restaurant at 79 Liberty Drive, Stony Point. Fifteen percent of all dinners will be donated in Carol’s honor to United… Read More →

See photos from the Millrose Games

Peekskill beat Pearl River in their opening round, Class A basketball playoff

Here’s the latest, via Twitter, from Suffern Mayor Dagan Lacorte, who’s been weighing in on the crisis in East Ramapo schools a lot lately. (Lacorte is among several people running for the Rockland County Executive seat.) Mayor Dagan Lacorte ‏@daganlacorte My letter to #EastRamapo SB Prez Schwartz & Comm King… Read More →