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News Briefs: New City Man Charged with Assault on NYS Trooper, Parents Rally, RCC Sr. Club

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A New City man faces charges of assault, reckless endangerment, and other crimes for allegedly assaulting a New York State Police trooper during a pro-Palestine rally on a Hudson Valley college campus. State Police say 20 year-old Aiden O’Brien was part of a crowd being dispersed at SUNY New Paltz in Ulster County around 12:13am last Thursday. O’Brien is accused of throwing a metal Gatorade bottle that struck a New York State Police investigator in the face, leaving a cut above his left eye. O’Brien was arrested on Tuesday and arraigned on the charges in Plattekill Town Court. He was sent to the Ulster County Jail on $5,000 cash bail. The Troop F BCI is asking anyone with information to contact the New York State Police at 845-344-5300.

East Ramapo Parents Rally in Albany
A group of East Ramapo School District parents and local activists were in Albany Tuesday to rally for the troubled school district. News 12 reported the New York Civil Liberties Union and others stood with the group, asking for more funding that should be dedicated to the students, their education, and the school buildings that are in bad shape instead of going to the large transportation budget. In a statement, East Ramapo Schools Superintendent Dr. Clarence Ellis said he applauds the parents’ efforts, noting the district is facing the most severe budget challenges it has ever faced. The Board of Education has adopted a budget for the next school year that will be subject to a vote on May 21st.

Senior Club to Meet at RCC Friday
The newly re-formed Rockland County Senior Club, which held what was thought to be its final meeting ever at the end of last year, is holding its monthly meeting tomorrow at noon at RCC, its second one since starting up again. For more information call 845-540-9739 or visit their website, RocklandCountySeniorClub.org.

NY Boulders Open 2024 Frontier League Season Tonight Against the Jackals in NJ

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Professional baseball returns to Rockland…the New York Boulders’ campaign for a championship, something they haven’t had in a decade, gets underway tonight with the first game of the Frontier League’s season on the road against the Jersey Jackals. Manager T.J. Stanton says he’s got a good lineup ready to take the team into the playoffs and beyond, with a sharp eye trained on perennial powerhouse, the back-to-back two-time champion Quebec Capitals…

All-Star Boulders outfielder Chris Kwitzer, who was named the Frontier League’s “player of the week” to start the month of August last year, agrees, Quebec is the team to beat…

WRCR will be broadcasting the Boulders home games again this year. The Boulders begin a three-game home stand tomorrow night against the New Jersey Jackals. Go to NYBoulders.com for more information.

Four Ramapo Teens Charged with Hate Crimes in Alleged Antisemtic Attacks

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Four teenagers from Airmont, Suffern and Hillburn have been charged with hate crimes in the town of Ramapo, connected to suspicious incidents last month with antisemitic overtones. Ramapo Police say on April 19th, a 17 year-old shot pedestrians walking along Cragmere Road in Airmont with an Orbeez water pellet gun while being driven in a car by another 17 year-old. One victim was struck by the water pellets but wasn’t hurt. Police say the teens yelled antisemitic slurs at them and sped away. Town of Ramapo Chief of Staff Mona Montal says several local incidents, the general tone since the war in the Middle East began, and high-tension rallies across college campuses nationwide, have prompted the Ramapo Police department and a special task force that handles these types of issues, to be on high alert…

In the second incident, a week later, one of the teens was at it again, driving the same car on Oxford Drive in Montebello with two other passengers. One teen threw trash at pedestrians walking in the roadway, striking one on the leg. No injuries were reported. A witness said the occupants of the car shouted antisemitic slurs at them and quickly fled the scene. They were also charged with hate crimes, processed at the Ramapo Police Department and released on a future court date. The charges of Aggravated Harassment for all four and Reckless Endangerment for one of the unidentified teens, did not qualify for bail.

Body of Missing Ulster County Man Found in Hudson River Near Poughkeepsie

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Foul play is not suspected after the body of a man missing since late March resurfaced from the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie over the weekend. That’s according to DailyVoice.com. Police told the site 43 year-old Nicholas Faust of the town of Marlborough in Ulster County was identified by The New York State Police and the State Medical Examiner’s Office. Friends reportedly last saw Faust in the Mill Street area of Poughkeepsie on Sunday, March 24th, around 2am.

Rockland NAMI Marks May as Mental Health Awareness Month

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a local group has a series of events to help erase the stigma surrounding mental health. Beth Bate-Duboff is the Executive Director of the Rockland Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and she says there are free educational programs available this month every Wednesday, and that’s just the beginning…

Works from Palisades artist and NAMI board member Jocelyn DeCrescenzo are currently on display at Tappan Library and will be there all month long. There’s also a special virtual presentation on “Youth Mental Health” hosted by the Orangeburg Clinic at the Rockland Psychiatric Center. That’s tonight from 7-9PM. For more information on NAMI Rockland, go to their website, NAMIrockland.org.