STONY POINT – This evening, Wed., Dec. 7, members of the Beach Rd. community in Stony Point will be told by state regulators what options exist to limit damage caused by future floods in the neighborhood. The state’s Hurricane Sandy recovery initiative “New York Rising” will host the meeting 7:30 p.m. at the RHO Building and accept input from the residents […]
Clarkstown High School South was evacuated this morning following a bomb scare. A staff member had reported finding a possible explosive device on the school’s campus just before 11 a.m. Officers from Clarkstown PD and the Sheriff’s Bomb Squard were able to determine the device was not a bomb and the scare was ruled a false alarm. […]
FROM MIDHUDSONNEWS.COM NEW CITY – The Rockland County Legislature adopted a $705 million budget for 2017 that they claim will cut property taxes by 0.43 percent. The plan, however, is $30 million more than the budget that County Executive Ed Day proposed, a budget which included a tax increase of around 1 percent. The discrepancy […]
The NYS – DOT issued a road closure alert following a traffic accident and sink hole incident near the intersection of Rt. 202 and Thiells-Mount Ivy Rd. in the Town of Haverstraw. Rt. 202 is only closed from the short stretch from Thiell-Mt Ivy to Rt. 45, but congestion in the area is severe. A car […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM CLARKSTOWN PD: The Clarkstown Police Department is currently investigating a bank robbery that occurred at the Key Bank located at 388 Rt. 59 in Central Nyack. The robbery occurred today at approximately 2:00PM. The investigation is underway and is a joint effort involving both the Clarkstown Detective Bureau and the FBI. At […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Dr. Penny Jennings, Rockland County Executive Ed Day’s interim appointment to the postition of Chair of the Human Rights Department, was recently rejected as the department’s permanent leader by Democrats on the County Legislature. Signs of trouble between Dr. Jennings and legislators first appeared in July. Dr. Jennings, who earned her associate’s […]