SPRING VALLEY – The East Ramapo school board on Tuesday named Anthony DiCarlo, a former Mahopac schools superintendent, as its interim superintendent as a search continues to find a leader for the district. DiCarlo starts July 1 and his appointment is through June 30, 2025, with a base salary of $285,000. DiCarlo sat in the […]
More changes are coming to judicial seats in Ramapo and Rockland County. The Ramapo Town Board has appointed Alejandra Silva-Exias to succeed Justice Djinsad Desir, who resigned to run for the Rockland County Court. The appointment and resignation were accepted at a board meeting on June 6. Both will be on the Nov. 5 ballot. […]
SPRING VALLEY – East Ramapo school district voters will be asked, again, to approve a $331.9 million spending plan for 2024-2025. But the proposed tax levy increase for the re-vote was lowered to 1%. That comes after a budget with a requested 1.99% increase to the tax levy failed on May 21. The board had […]
MONSEY – The Albert Drive neighborhood has long been a fixture of Ramapo’s single-family home character. But neighbors argue their comfort zone is threatened by the Zoning Board of Appeals approval of two higher-density housing projects they claim in nearly identical legal actions are illegal and will alter their neighborhood. The ZBA has approved variances […]
NEW CITY — A 46-year-old Ramapo man with a long criminal history faces an extended prison sentence, up to life, after being convicted Thursday of multiple charges involving a forged $7,500 check. A Rockland County Court jury convicted Bernard Salas of eight charges — two felonies along with three misdemeanors and violations — following a […]
This embedded content is not available in your region. RAMAPO – A 23-year-old Clarkstown resident was charged Saturday with attempting to murder an Orthodox Jewish man by stabbing him multiple times Thursday evening in his driveway on Trailside Place, police said. Police charged Elijah Dean of New City with felony counts of second-degree attempted murder, […]
East Ramapo officials could not confirm accusations of racial slurs aimed at the district’s varsity girls basketball players during a Feb. 10 game against Scarsdale. But, Superintendent Clarence Ellis said in a report to Section 1 Athletics, the players experienced fan behavior that “made our girls distraught, upset and disrespected and made them feel like […]
RAMAPO ‒ Another child was struck by a school bus within town. The young child suffered injuries but is expected to recover after the incident on Tuesday, March 26. The same day, a young teen collided with a vehicle as she crossed the street. Ramapo police reported that she was not seriously injured. Earlier this […]
FRANKLIN LAKES — The Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education is continuing its investigation into swastika graffiti found at Ramapo High School. At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, interim Schools Superintendent James Baker referred to “recent concerns with some hate issues” and meetings with rabbis and the Jewish Federation of New Jersey to discuss “solutions […]
HILLCREST — Police officers are searching for the person who shot a woman Wednesday on Inwood Drive. Police Chief Martin Reilly said officers responded to the shooting at 8:56 a.m. He said one person was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The police didn’t release her condition. Ramapo Police and Rockland County Sheriff deputies on […]
NEW CITY – Grafton Thomas will spend at least another two years in a psychiatric facility after again being found incompetent for trial on murder and attempted murder charges from the 2019 machete attack on Hasidic Jews attending a Ramapo Hanukkah party. Rockland County Judge Kevin Russo signed an “order of retention” on Wednesday returning Thomas […]