Crazy season has begun as campaigns gear up for primary election in September and the November general election.

In Spring Valley, mayoral candidate Bernard Charles Jr. screamed foul with he said 80 of his campaign signs were removed from the streets.
Charles claimed Mayor George Darden, who is not seeking re-election, order the DPW to cherry-pick his [...]

Three members of Rockland’s state legislative delegation have urged Gov. David Paterson reconsider his decision to close the state police laboratory in Newburgh.

Law enforcement in Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess and Sullivan counties depend on the laboratory for analysis on evidence for criminal cases and prosecutions. The lab has serviced the lower Hudson Valley for [...]

Baile Glauber told The Journal News minutes after graduating from the Rockland Police Academy in June 2008 that she was “excited” about starting her career as a Ramapo police officer.
Glauber (pictured right) declined at the time to discuss her life even though she became a feel-good story because she grew up in the Satmar [...]

This week is honor your probation officer in Rockland County. Well, if you’re lucky enough not to have such a close relationship with a probation officer, then join the county executive in honoring the work done by probation officers.

The Rockland County Probation Department is taking part in New York State’s Probation, Parole & Community Supervision [...]

Rockland Sheriff’s Department Senior Deputy Dennis J. Salemo just completed a training program on working civil cases, such as process serving, and enforcement of judgments, and other court orders like evictins, and mandate.

Salemo accepts certification of achievement from Chris O’Brien, executive director of the New York State Sheriffs’ Association Institute, Inc.
The importance of the training [...]

The Rockland County Police Hispanic Society is hosting the 6th annual “Salsa into the Summer” dance fundraiser on Friday  from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Nyack Seaport, 21 Burd St., Nyack.

The fund-raiser will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County.

Tickets are priced at $30 before the fund-raiser and $40 at the door.

The event [...]

Clarkstown Administrative Sgt. Harry Baumann today marked his 42nd year in law enforcement – including two years with the United Nations security force.

His longevity day didn’t turn into a party – no donuts or coffee from his colleague. He said he spent the day training and taking telephone calls from the media. Part of his [...]

Judge Catherine Bartlett has not held court for the past two weeks and has not scheduled any cases for the next few weeks.

The Orange County lawyer, an appointed state Court of Claims judge, remains assigned to Rockland County Courthouse, but has taken time off for a medical procedure, said Judge Francis Nicolai, the administrative law [...]

Rockland honored about two dozens emergency medical services volunteers during its 5th annual recognition awards ceremony on Wednesday night.

The ceremony coincided with County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef proclaiming May 17 to May 23 as EMS Week.  Criteria and eligibility for each award were set by the New York State Department of Health.

Vanderhoef’s office announced the [...]

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx is more than just the new home of 26 World Series championships.
The newly built stadium on 161st Street also “is a model of accessibility to people with disabilities.”
So says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District in Manhattan. The district includes Rockland and Westchester, as well as the Bronx.
Tomorrow, [...]

Sheriff’s Department arson Detective Doug Lerner has been working without his partner – Scooter.

The yellow Lab, known to get excited over the scent of gasoline and other accelerants, has been out on injury leave with a bad foot.

The action pooch had surgery on Jan. 29 at the Suffern Animal Hospital. She’s expected to be off-duty [...]

A local motorcycle group of correction officers raised $5,500 for Matt Lupo of Stony Point, who was partially paralyzed during a pool accident five years ago.

The Turnkeys of Rockland LEMC held a benefit Thursday at  Noel’s, Route 9W, Stony Point. They raised money to help Lupo buy new exercise equipment for his home to help him [...]

No one will confuse the nightlife in Suffern with Manhattan. And NV bar – the former Mountain Valley Brew Pub and Green Room – will not replace the chic clubs of New York City.

That doesn’t mean the neighborhood tavern can’t attract a little celebrity.

In this case, the celebrity was singer-actress Hayden Panettiere, who grew up [...]

A fundraiser is being held tomorrow night for Matt Lupo of Stony Point, who was  partially paralyzed in an accident five years ago.

The Turnkeys of Rockland LEMC, a newly established motorcycle group consisting of correction officers, is sponsoring the benefit from 6 to 9 p.m. at Noel’s, Route 9W, Stony Point.

Lupo needs new exercise equipment for his home to [...]

A state appeals panel last month upheld the drug and weapon possession convictions of a Spring Valley man sentenced during 2006  to seven years as a repeat felony offender.

Horace Shackleford, now 27, will remain in Oneida Correctional Facility until December 2011 at the earliest.

The Appellate Division ruled acting State Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett had [...]

Acting state Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett has tossed 24 misdemeanor sexual abuse counts against a fired Ramapo police officer and a Monsey millionaire. She also tossed two official misconduct charges against the officer.

The fired officer, Andrew Dale of Suffern, and Zalman Silber are accused of administering gynecological exams to SIlber’s wife from 2005 to [...]

Haverstraw Town Police Chief Charles Miller presents Police Officer Dave Kryger with his new gold detective’s badge.

Kryger,  the department’s youth officer, was promoted to detective at the Dec. 8  meeting of the Haverstraw Town Board. A 10-year veteran, Kryger has been running the youth division for the last year and works with Stony Point police [...]

Oz will be better dressed – and protected.

The Clarkstown Police Department canine  has received a body armor vest from the United States Police Canine Association for Region 7.

The $900-valued vest was presented last week to the German shepherd and his handler, Police Officer Joseph Knarich during the association’s meeting in Yonkers. The group’s president, MTA [...]

Residents of South Mountain Road in New City found two swastikas painted on two trees in their neighborhood on Saturday. Clarkstown police continued investigating.

Legislator Ed Day, R-New City, who represents the areas, today issued a news release.

“This pointless act of vandalism was obviously committed by cowards in the cloak of night,” Day said. “This hurtful [...]

Rockland Sheriff’s Detective Shlomo Koenig recently got kudos from the U.S. Secret Service for helping investigated people dealing in child pornography on the Internet.

Koenig, a member of the Rockland Sheriff’s Department Computer Crime Task Force, has been named “2008 Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year” by the Secret Service and the U.S. Attorney’s Office [...]

New York state acting Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett didn’t play a quiet role today during Spring Valley Police Officer David Lebron’s trial on corruption charges.

Bartlett, an appointed Court of Claims jurist from Orange County, has been vocal during this  case in the Rockland County Courthouse in New City.

With the jury out of the courtroom today, Bartlett gave the [...]

Want to make some tummy room for that turkey dinner  with all the trimmings, while also exercising and supporting a positive cause?

Well, how about running or jogging or maybe walking fast for  five miles during the Rockland Road Runners 17th annual Active International Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot on Nov. 27, starting at 8:30 a.m. in [...]

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and White Plains will field complaints of possible   violations of  federal election laws today relating to the upcoming general elections in Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, Sullivan, Orange and Dutchess counties, as well as Manhattan and the Bronx.

The office can be reached at 212-637-0840. In addition, complaints of possible violations of [...]

Two Rockland judicial screening committees have found several candidates running for judge tomorrow qualified to sit on the bench.

The panels for the Rockland Bar Association and Rockland Women’s Bar Association reviewed the credential of several candidates. Both panel released their reviews today.

The Rockland Bar Association’s Judiciary Review and Screening Committee found the following candidates qualified:

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My colleague Suzan N. Clarke and I sat in Spring Valley Justice Court today as Spring Valley Section 8 second-in-command Brendel Logan stood with her lawyer before Justice Alan Simon.

Logan is charged with a misdemeanor count of third-degree menacing and violation of harassment – accusations being made by her boss, Section 8 Administrator Monique Anderson. [...]