A lawsuit filed by former Democratic highway superintendent candidate Dennis Malone against Rockland legislator and Highway Dept. employee Frank Sparaco has been dropped. Malone’s lawsuit contested that Sparaco had defamed his character by secretly taping and releasing to the public conversations in which representatives of Malone, including Clarkstown Councilman Frank Borelli, appear to offer Sparaco […]
BY DIANE DIMOND We have got to get smarter about controlling the ever-widening Ebola epidemic — and quickly. Ebola is not just a problem for the West African hotspots of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. And the Department of Homeland Security’s new system of simply questioning and taking the temperature of incoming air travelers from […]
Rockland sheriff condemns county executive’s proposed police cuts BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco III offered sharp words for County Executive Ed Day’s draft 2015 budget on Friday, arguing the cuts to the sheriff’s office would reverberate throughout the county, impact taxpayers and undermine public safety. Speaking to a crowd […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The Stony Point Historical Society, together with members of the Stony Point Town Council and other elected officials, held a brief ceremony Wednesday night, October 1 to thank Senator William Larkin for securing a $50,000 grant paving the way towards the completion of the Pyngyp Schoolhouse renovation. Pyngyp “provides a personal tone […]
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT & HARASSMENT Alexa Brownstein, age 18, residing at 16 Collaburg Rd., Stony Point, was arrested on October 12, 2014 for criminal contempt in the second degree and harassment in the second degree. The defendant was arrested after investigation into a domestic dispute revealed she violated a court order of protection. CRIMINAL […]
PEARL RIVER, N.Y. Oct. 17, 2014 — O&R is performing dredging operations in the Hudson River as part of the final phase of the Company’s project to clean up the coal tar residue at the former manufactured gas plant (MGP) site at 55 Gedney Street in the village of Nyack. To watch a video about […]