Pomona News

As a young boy in Sicily, Sal Marasa stood on a wooden crate to lather faces in a barbershop next to his home.

WEST NYACK: The JCC Rockland and the Parent Support Network will hold a conference on autism Sunday and Monday in the fourth floor conference room of the Palisades Center.

WHITE PLAINS - A 41-year-old Pomona man serving time in prison for ripping off Rockland County residents for $2.13 million was given a concurrent sentence today for stealing $200,000 from a Westchester brokerage firm.

Olga Freeman and her sister, Maria Roman, used to regularly shop, dine and stroll the village, but not so much anymore.

RAMAPO - The Rockland Board of Health met last week to assess fines against property owners and businesses that violated the county sanitary code.

ADOLPH H. SCHREIBER HEBREW ACADEMY OF ROCKLAND: Students from the Adolph H. Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland in Monsey hosted a group of 75 Israeli students from the Sherut Leumi program for a weekend.

Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.

HAVERSTRAW - The original 'Star Trek' may have celebrated its last episode in 1969, but the Trekker culture is alive and well in Rockland County.

POMONA - Big political names abound in New York: Mario Cuomo. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

WEST HAVERSTRAW - Two teens were in jail Monday and two others were being sought following a robbery Sunday, police said.

Dominic Carter and his wife Marilyn leaving Ramapo Justice Center after a hearing on his recent assault charge.

My son, Sam, was driving along South Mountain Road and saw a dog with a collar, but no tags or owner in sight.

Tappan Zee Bridge work Thursday: Right Westchester-bound lane closed for maintenance from milepost 15 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday: Right lane Westchester-bound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 15 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday: Work will begin at 8 p.m. resulting in the closure of two left southbound ...

Several events related to veterans and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country will take place in November: • 11 a.m., ceremony at the Rockland County Courthouse with the raising of an American flag that was flown over Baghdad and five other Iraqi cities by a Medevac helicopter and crew assigned to Charlie Company ...

Several events related to veterans and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country will take place in November: Tappan: The annual Walkway of American Heroes commemoration will be held at the Camp Shanks Monument Park, on Independence Avenue, 10 a.m. New City: The county Veteran of the Year will be honored during a ceremony ...

My husband and I own a home in Pomona. Even though we are on the Haverstraw side of the village, we are very close to Ramapo so whatever occurs there affects our quality of life.

Television anchor Dominic Carter went to trial on charges he hit his wife a year ago at their suburban New York City home, although his wife said Thursday that the assault didn't happen.

Dominic Carter, left, and his wife Marilyn talk to the News outside their home in Pomona, NY.

Authorities in Rockland County were searching the woods for what some witnesses described as a plane going down Monday evening.

Share + Oct 26, 2009 11:55 pm US/Eastern A massive search was underway in Rockland County on Monday night after witnesses reported seeing and hearing a low-flying plane in distress.