TOWN OF ROCKLAND – A member of the Rockland Central School District Board of Education has been arrested as a first offense for driving while intoxicated while on his way to a school board meeting on November 3, 2025.

The district was formed earlier this year after the Roscoe and Livingston Manor districts merged.

According to a State Police report filed by troopers at the Roscoe barracks, Thomas Ward, 50, of Livingston Manor was stopped and arrested at 6:16 p.m. He was charged with misdemeanors of driving while intoxicated as a first offense and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent as a first offense.

He was released to a third party.

School Board President Edward Gorr told Mid-Hudson News by email that “The board of education is aware of Mr. Ward’s si

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