Town of Orangetown Blizzard Update Monday, January 26, 2015 Dear Neighbor, As you have surely heard by now, a major blizzard will hit Orangetown over the next 36 hours. All forecasts agree that Rockland will receive a minimum of a foot of snow, and snowfall accumulations of more than two feet are possible before the snow stops around […]
Parietti and Romanowski seek to preserve ward vote invalidation BY MICHAEL RICONDA RAMAPO – Activists in the Town of Ramapo have launched another legal push toward their goal of authorizing a second vote on the question of whether or not wards should be established in Ramapo’s local elections. Ramapo Residents Robert Romanowski and Michael Parietti […]
-Winter Storm Watches in effect for all counties with the exception of Delaware County ———-Potential Impacts———- -Major to potentially historic Nor Easter will impact our region between Monday afternoon and Wednesday. -Storm will potentially spread blizzard conditions to parts of our region with extended periods of near zero visibility and blowing and drifting snow -Snowfall […]
As the heaviest snowfall of the year was tapering down this morning, 30-year-old John Coppola of Stamford, CT stands accused of driving while intoxicated on Route 17. Coppola was pulled over at the intersection of 17 and Liberty Rock Rd. at 10:30 a.m. after a Ramapo police officer determined his 2001 Ford Focus was following […]
A local limo bus with several passengers on board spun out and crashed into a fence and detached garage this morning at 7 am. on Jewett Pl. in Nyack. Orangetown PD and Nyack FD responded to the scene where several passengers complained of pain and were transported to Nyack Hospital via ambulance for treatment.
BY DIANE DIMOND As a young radio reporter on Capitol Hill, I used to be full of anticipation for the annual State of the Union address. Fresh notebook on hand, I’d dutifully mark the highlights of the speech and plot out what portions to report to the public. My desk under the Capitol dome was […]