PRESS RELEASE FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE NEW YORK- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Tuesday issued a warning to New Yorkers based on numerous complaints received by his office from consumers who have been contacted recently by scam artists posing as representatives of Microsoft or an organization allegedly affiliated with Microsoft, such as P.C. Solutions. In some […]
Press Release from HRVG The Hudson River Valley Greenway  announced it has awarded the Town of Clarkstown in partnership with the Village of Upper Nyack a $5,000 Greenway Communities Grant for the Rockland Farm Alliance Farm Land Expansion Program. The Greenway board awarded a total of $33,000 for projects throughout the Hudson Valley region at […]
FROM ASSEMBLYMAN KIERAN LALOR (R,C,I – Fishkill) Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I-Fishkill) has announced a counter proposal to Governor Cuomo’s plan to offer free college classes to prisoners. Lalor is calling on the state to cut per prisoner spending by 10 percent. Once those savings are reached, the state would offer student loans to prisoners, […]
No one injured in latest damage from heavy snow loads BY BILL DEMAREST NORTH ROCKLAND – The Marian Shrine is among the victims of this winter’s fierce weather, which has left tons of thick-packed snow on the roofs of homes and buildings throughout Rockland County. A section of roof at Marian Shrine has collapsed, doing […]
It started out as a simple open container summons, but before it was over, one of Orangetown’s finest was removing bags of crack cocaine from the buttocks of 26-year-old Nyack resident Bryant Dickerson. Just a minute after midnight on Saturday, February 15, an Orangetown police officer alleges that Mr. Dickerson was in possession of an open […]
BY DIANE DIMONDÂ This is a story about a cop’s cop. A hometown kid who devoted his life to keeping his community safe, a man who took on the duty no one should have to do — to minister to the murdered and help seek justice for their families. This column is dedicated to the […]