BY CHERYL SLAVIN On Thursday evening, January 22, the community room in the Stony Point RHO building was filled to capacity for the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s public hearing regarding the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Gas Transmission expansion application. The public was invited to comment on Spectra Energy’s proposal to lay about 37 miles of 42 […]
The Rockland County Department of Health is alerting residents that a skunk in Clarkstown  has tested positive for rabies, after coming into contact with a County resident’s dog.  Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus that attacks the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). “We want residents to be aware that even during the winter […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column STAC, Marist, Villanova more than meet Metro Challenge Finn, Taskindoust In winning form For New Paltz School standards continue to be broken by the St. Thomas Aquinas College track and field team. Competing at the Metro Team Challenge at the Armory in upper Manhattan against such teams as Villanova, Marist, […]
Jury selection begins for Lacey Spears trial The jury selection process in the trial of Lacey Spears began at Westchester County Court on Monday with an examination of more than 70 prospective jurors. The jurors are being evaluated for their fitness to examine the murder case against the Chestnut Ridge mother accused of poisoning her 5-year-old son […]
FROM USCBP U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Newark Liberty International Airport seized heroin found inside the sides of a suitcase. On January 15, Mr. Eduardo Acosta, a United States Citizen, arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport from Bogota, Colombia, and presented himself for inspection. During the examination of Eduardo Acosta’s luggage, CBP […]
What’s Happening BY GEORGE J. DACRE – The Swingaroos, swing band with Kim on vocals at the Hudson House, 135 Main Street, Nyack Saturday, February 7 8 to 10 p.m. They will be performing and releasing their new album “All Aboard” Rservations at 845-353-1355. – The “YardBirds” rock n’ rolling at the Newton, N.J. Theatre […]