• Georgia Jane Winans

    Georgia Jane Winans, formerly of Northvale, New Jersey and Cooperstown, New York, who preferred simply to be called Jane, died on July 13, 2026, in Old Tappan, New Jersey. She was 94. Jane was born on February 21, 1932, in Mountaindale, Pennsylvania, on the eve of George Washington’s birthday, a connection reflected in the name […]

  • Suffern Man Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Rape

    Jose Pirir Morales is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 7 after admitting to a violent 2025 attack in the Village of Suffern. NEW CITY, N.Y. — A 27-year-old Suffern man has pleaded guilty to first-degree rape in connection with a violent attack on a woman who was walking home last year, according to the Rockland […]

  • Clarkstown Says Ethics Investigation in Progress for Engineer Employed by Town

    By Rockland News StaffJuly 14, 2026 NEW CITY, N.Y. — The Town of Clarkstown says an ethics investigation into its director of engineering began months before he raised concerns about billing under a multimillion-dollar contract with Siemens, directly challenging his contention that he was placed on leave in retaliation for questioning the use of taxpayer […]

  • New York Passes Data-Center Moratorium in Rockland, Statewide

    Executive order targets facilities using at least 50 megawatts of power. Orangeburg projects face separate questions over energy use, environmental impacts and tax incentives ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday imposed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on certain permits for new hyperscale data centers, bringing New York into a growing national debate […]

  • One Stabbed, Several Injured in Large Spring Valley Fight

    SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — A person was stabbed and several others were injured during a large fight in Spring Valley early Sunday morning, according to local news reports. The incident occurred at approximately 12:50 a.m. on Sunday, July 12, on Division Avenue near George Street. Emergency responders were called to the area following reports of […]

  • Court Orders Rockland Green to Release Records

    NEW CITY, N.Y. — A Rockland County Supreme Court judge has ruled in favor of the publisher of the Rockland County Business Journal in a Freedom of Information Law dispute involving records connected to the bidding process for a new county animal shelter. Justice John P. Collins Jr. issued the decision July 8 in an […]