BY MICHAEL RICONDA WEST NYACK – Only a month after a skunk tested positive for rabies in West Nyack, another two animals were found to have been infected in the same area. Two raccoons were discovered to have rabies in the area around Van Houten Fields in West Nyack. The incident is the third such […]
Sheriff urges residents to remain vigilant in response to Mall of America threat BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – With fear mounting following terror threats against Minnesota’s Mall of America, the Lower Hudson Valley has been on alert for potential threats of their own. However, while law enforcement personnel remain vigilant toward both larger terror […]
FROM CPD At approximately 7:20 p.m. the Clarkstown Police Department responded to a two car motor vehicle accident on Rt. 9W just south of Rt. 304 in Congers. Responding patrol units observed a 2009 Toyota Corolla had collided with a 2006 New York State Department Of Transportation snow plow. The Toyota had extensive front end […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN He was every man’s Everyman, the beloved de facto “Mayor” and unofficial historian of a tiny enclave on the banks of the Hudson River. And when Kenneth Moorehead passed away in January at the age of 86, he was also believed to be the last of a kind, a man who was born […]
THE SPECTATOR, JOHN MALONEY It’s hard to believe but today, the 19th of February, the Spectator has hit 91. I tell myself it’s just a number. I feel the same today as I did at 90! I did a service at St. Anthony’s Cemetery a few weeks ago and the man from Higgins asked how […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Less than six weeks into the new year, we’ve already had our fill of political scandals in New York. On January 22nd, now-former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on federal charges that he exploited his office to obtain millions of dollars in payoffs. Two weeks later, U.S. Attorney […]