Photos by Mark Lieb RAMAPO – Police are investigating a stabbing incident at a home in the Town of Ramapo Monday night. They said two men who live at 124 Fairview Avenue were stabbed in an altercation stemming from an incident earlier in the day at the house. The suspect was being held in place […]
By Lisa Newcomb, Executive Director, Empire State Association of Assisted Living The COVID-19 pandemic brought unparalleled challenges and wreaked havoc on nearly every industry. Thousands of residents in assisted living communities on Long Island and in New York City experienced a sudden separation from their friends and families, while staff and management of these facilities […]
On August 11, 2020, the Honorable Larry Schwartz, J.C.C., arraigned Rockland County Correction Officer Christopher Taggart, 39, of New City, NY, on a twenty-three count indictment charging two counts of promoting prison contraband in the first degree, a class D Felony, and twenty-one counts of official misconduct, each a class A Misdemeanor. At the arraignment, […]
Orange & Rockland (O&R) plans to begin work Monday (Aug, 17) on a $2.5 million storm-hardening project designed to improve service resiliency and minimize storm-related service interruptions by burying the overhead electric lines that run along the causeway that crosses Lake DeForest between Congers and New City in Clarkstown. This project calls for undergrounding existing […]
This week, Senator David Carlucci’s and Assemblyman Walter Mosley’s legislation (S.4336/A.6163), requiring all passengers buckle up in the back seat was signed into law by Governor Cuomo. Previously, only minors under 16 had to buckle up in the back seat or a driver could face a $50 fine upon first violation. Now, adult passengers can […]
NEW CITY – A Rockland County grand jury has indicted a man accused of gunning down a man on a Nyack street on the late morning of May 22. Jason Jabouin allegedly shot Ryan Franklin before fleeing to Maryland, where he was apprehended and returned to New York. Jabouin has been charged with murder, armed […]