A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the region from noon Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday, including all of Rockland County. The National Weather Service predicts 5 – 10″ of snow (updated prediction 5 a.m. Tuesday), beginning late morning/around noon, with the heaviest snow falling between the evening commute and midnight. The snow should […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA SUFFERN – In a bid to alleviate the high cost of being a parent in New York, state senators met with childcare advocates, union officials and other interested parties to propose a combined total of $182 million in restorations and expansions of childcare programs for the next state budget. The new proposal […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Last year’s tally is now in, and the news story that garnered the most searches on the Internet was … (can I get a drum roll, please?) … A crime story! Before I get to the winner, may I just say that life, as a crime and justice columnist, is sometimes a […]
PRESS RELEASE PEARL RIVER, NY Jan. 16, 2014 – O&R is alerting its customers to a widespread email scam involving bogus bills that purport to originate from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a San Francisco-based company that is one of the largest electric and gas utilities in the U.S. PG&E has received calls from people, […]
Ramapo Police have arrested New Square resident Moshe Menacham Taubenfeld, also known as Mendel Zarkowsky, for one count of class D felony course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree, for alleged acts that occurred between the years of 2001 and 2006. The police allege Taubenfeld abused a male youth under […]