Rockland County Executive Ed Day Tuesday recognized 21 police officers who have made a significant impact in supporting local efforts to eliminate drunk driving. In 2014, a total of 867 people were arrested in Rockland County for driving while intoxicated. “867 DWI-related arrests were made by law enforcement agencies in Rockland County in 2014, as […]
STONY POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT: PETIT LARCENY & CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY Nicole Benjamin, age 19, residing at 109 Railroad Ave. in West Haverstraw, NY, was arrested on April 15, 2015 for petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree (two counts) and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree. […]
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 […]