PEARL RIVER, NY Aug. 5, 2013 — O&R is implementing a three-year, $35-million construction program to help reduce the frequency, number and length of electric and gas service outages suffered by O&R customers during severe storms. Pictured here, O&R crews this week are working on a $400,000 system hardening project in Monsey. O&R is replacing […]
Popular game show seeks two contestants from New York area “Come on Down!” will be the call to post at Empire City Casino on Tuesday, August 20, as contestants have a chance to take the first step to compete and win big on “The Price Is Right.” The iconic CBS television game show comes to […]
The colorful characters of Charles Dickens’ classic “Oliver Twist” come brilliantly to life in Victorian London at Westchester Broadway Theatre’s production of the famed show. The musical to be performed August 15 – September 8 at the theatre, tells the tale of the orphan boy who is swept into a band of pickpockets; the […]
From Clarkstown PD The Clarkstown Police Department made the following driving while intoxicated arrests this past weekend. On Aug 3, 2013 shortly after midnight, Hipolito Silva-Gonzalez, 50, from Valley Cottage, was arrested while operating a 2000 Dodge on Rt 9W in Upper Nyack. Silva-Gonzalez was stopped after his vehicle swerved over the center lane marking […]
PHOTO BY THOMAS MCGUIRE After half a decade of sitting more than half empty, the shopping center owned by Gator Corporation on 9W in southern-most Stony Point is finally about to welcome a major tenant. Aldi Supermarket will fill the space, with a grand opening celebration scheduled for August 22. The stores hours will be […]
BY MATT SHI The electronic cigarette, introduced to the U.S. market in 2007, is an increasingly popular alternative to smoking tobacco for nicotine intake. From the outside, most e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, but the inside is very different: E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco. Also, they do not need to be lit by fire. They […]