BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Two laws passed by the County Legislature to regulate drone use and the sale of “toxic toys” last Tuesday have been rejected by County Executive Ed Day, who stated on Thursday that the restrictions were over-broad and unenforceable. The laws were returned “unsigned but not disapproved,” meaning they were […]
BY BILL DEMAREST PEARL RIVER – A Nanuet man and a Maybrook, N.Y., man were arrested on drug charges early Sunday morning after police stopped their car in Pearl River because it was moving erratically on Townline Road, Orangetown police told the public. Town officers pulled over a car driven by Jason A. Russio, 25, […]
A Spring Valley police officer is being credited with saving a life this week. On Sunday morning, July 12, 2015 at 4:35 a.m., the Spring Valley Police Department received a call reporting a vehicle on fire in the parking lot of 50 Commerce Street in the village. The caller reported that the car was parked, […]
While Rockland County employee James Foley has attracted over 10,000 followers to his Block the Block Vote Facebook page that urges Rockland and Orange residents to organize against the influence of religious Jewish communities in the area, this week he overplayed his hand and earned sour remarks from Rocklanders. Foley took issue with the fact […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT City Editor What rights do residents have when a neighbor continuously rents his large home next door out to unsavory guests who party continuously have X-rated parties and even film porno videos? This topic, recently laid upon Orangetown Building Inspector John Giardiello, was amusing to the packed audience at last week’s Town […]
WEST NYACK – A man with a fraudulent Connecticut driver’s license was arrested at the Palisades Center Mall on July 7 after he attempted to use it to buy several smartphones, police said. Julio Sosa-Villanueva was arrested last week at the mall’s Best Buy when he allegedly tried to use the card to buy four […]