PRESS RELEASE FROM SCENIC HUDSON—Scenic Hudson applauded Gov. Andrew Cuomo for “strong environmental leadership” in priorities he outlined in Tuesday’s State of the State address. Chief among these is an unprecedented investment in water and wastewater infrastructure in the Hudson Valley and other parts of the state, and a renewal of a $300-million investment in […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH After months of adamantly professing his innocence in connection with allegations of a conspiracy in connection to kill his wife, local podiatrist Ira Bernstein admitted that he was guilty of the charges against him. Bernstein admitted to Rockland County Court Judge David Zuckerman that he and his girlfriend Kelly Gribeluk conspired to […]
The Elmwood Playhouse of Nyack NY presents the Rockland premiere of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, a new play adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. Debra Lee Failla directs this shocking version of the classic tale of depravity, lust, love and horror. Hatcher’s re-imagining […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The owners of the property of the former Fiesta Cancun restaurant on Rt. 9W in Stony Point have torn the century-old building down after years of it sitting unoccupied. Stony Point Supervisor Jim Monaghan said the town had no control over the property owner’s decision. The owner told the town he is […]
FROM SPPD On December 31, 2016 the Stony Point Police Department arrested Fernando Matos of Newburgh on charges of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree (D- felony) and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. A routine traffice stop revealed Matos allegedly had a fictitious Indiana “dealer” license plate affixed to […]
NY Supreme Court Justice Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman dismissed Former Rockland County Board of Elections Commissioner Lou Babcock’s suit seeking court intervention on his ouster as BOE commissioner. Babcock claimed the Republican Party inappropriately removed him via dictate of the Executive Committee instead of allowing the full Republican Committee to vote. Hon. Scheinkman said the […]