By Vincent Abbatecola When you’re in a band, it’s important that you not only see you and your fellow members as a musical group, but as a family. As soon as I walked into Cedar Blue’s studio at the home of Sean McIlhargy in Stony Point, I knew its members were a very tight-knit pack. Cedar […]
WHITE PLAINS – Former Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin was found guilty by a federal judge today of mail fraud and extortion charges stemming from her arrest in 2014. The former mayor, 51, was convicted by U.S. District Court Justice Colleen McMahon after a five-day bench trial. Jasmin will be sentenced by McMahon on August […]
WEST NYACK – A Yonkers resident was taken into police custody on Saturday after he was accused of trying to smuggle stolen merchandise out of a store in the Palisades Mall by hiding them in his pants. Police were called to the Palisades Mall ‘s Macy’s at around 7:45 p.m. after a loss-prevention employee reported […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NYACK- Nyack’s historic downtown streets were once again transformed to a present day bazaar with 355 vendors converging on the main t-zone of town on Sunday, April 12. Nyack has hosted hundreds of street fairs since the 1940s. Many thousands of visitors strolled the sunny streets, which were closed to car traffic […]
WEST NYACK-A head on collision occurred at the entrance to the New York State thruway Saturday around noontime April 17, 2015. The Gold GMC Envoy lost its front bumper during the frontal collision with a blue Honda Civic. No major injuries reported.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA SUFFERN – Suffern’s Village Board effectively blocked movement on the village’s controversial 2015-2016 budget on Monday when it opted to reject laws which would have tentatively set water and sewer rates and approved taxes in excess of the state-recommended cap. In spite of arguments by Mayor Patricia Abato that the budget was […]