First Use of Narcan by the Clarkstown Police Department

FROM CPD On Thursday August 28, 2014 at 12:30 AM, the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the area of Dickinson Ave in Central Nyack for a report of a possible heroin overdose. The responding officers were flagged down by a male who stated that the patient in need of medical attention was located at 22 […]

BOIL WATER ORDER LIFTED FOR ORANGETOWN COMMUNITIES

United Water received official notification from the Rockland County Health Department that enables the boil water order to be lifted for customers at the following addresses: Orangeburg ·         Sickletown Rd. – # 61, 65, 66, 69, 75, 81, 83, 85, 89, 91 ·         Briarwood La. – # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 […]

Legislature partially rejects county executive’s cost-saving layoff plan

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The Rockland County Legislature has proven persistent in its fight to preserve the jobs of county employees, equally persistent to County Executive Ed Day’s effort to achieve cost savings. In a series of near unanimous votes, the Legislature’s Budget & Finance Committee rejected three proposals to abolish a total […]

Repurposing Books into 3-D Art: New NY Bridge

STORY & PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Delta, Pennsylvania, is about three and one-half hours by car from Nyack, New York. Factor in rain and traffic, and it becomes a journey. Earlier this month, pop-up book artist Jodi Harvey-Brown made that roundtrip to The Empire State — specifically, to the Rockland Community Outreach Center — to enter […]

Sheriff Announces Tele-visitation at County Jail

New City, NY – Sheriff Louis Falco III announced this week that the Sheriff’s Office has implemented a Televistation system at the Rockland County Correctional Facility that allows inmates to receive mental health evaluations from the County Department of Mental Health, consult with their attorneys at the County Public Defender’s Office or complete an interview […]