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 […]
Orangetown DWI in Nyack Orangetown Police arrested 27-year-old Stefan Martinez of West Haverstraw on New Year’s Day for drunk driving. Martinez was stopped by police for several traffic violations and upon speaking with him, the officers observed the strong smell of alcohol and the suspect’s slurred speech and bloodshot eyes. Martinez was transported to police […]
PRESS RELEASE – Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) today announced her appointment as Chairperson of the Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families. “The issues children and families face, especially those children living in poverty, are community issues,” Jaffee said. “The childcare crisis in New York State is one of the major obstacles to self-sufficiency and […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day, a former detective commander in the New York Police Department and past chief of detectives for the Baltimore Police Department, strongly criticized the decision to commute the sentence of one participants in the 1981 Brinks robbery that killed two Nyack police officers and a guard. “Commutation of Judith Clark’s sentence […]
BY KATHY KAHN The Town of Ramapo’s last official board meeting on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. found a dozen residents waiting to hear how last minute budget resolutions would affect them. Ramapo’s $102 million budget for fiscal 2017 carries between a 5-7 percent increase to property owners, depending on where the property is located. […]