AFTER WARM SPELL, PREPARE FOR A CHILL

FROM ACCUWEATHER Following record warmth this week across the northeastern United States, temperatures are expected to take a dive over the weekend behind a cold front. Dramatic changes in the weather will occur across the eastern U.S. through the end of October,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex Sosnowksi said. Those changes will include the threat for soaking rain in […]

NO SANCTUARY FOR CABBIE: Stony Point teen accused of pulling knife on cabbie in church parking lot hours before mass

NO SANCTUARY FOR CABBIE: Stony Point teen accused of pulling knife on cabbie in church parking lot hours before mass

It was still dark Sunday morning, 4:10 a.m. at Grace Point Church in New City. Preparation for Sunday services would not begin for a few hours and for many revelers out on the town it was still Saturday night. Like any weekend, some had better intentions than others. An 18-year-old from Stony Point, Erick Michael Gustavsen, has […]

250 Rockland Jobs Lost: Verizon Cutting Back its Orangeburg Staff

Verizon announced they will be cutting jobs at its Orangeburg facility by May 31. Spokeswoman, Kim Ancin said Verizon will be reducing their workforce in Rockland by a third, or 250 positions, leaving only 500 jobs available at the Rockland site. The workers whose jobs are in the balance will have the choice of receiving […]

Men arrested for motorcycle thefts in Ramapo

RAMAPO PD PRESS RELEASE At about 3 a.m., Monday, October 10 Ramapo PD received a report from a Dolson Road resident of three suspects stealing two motorcycles from the front of his property. As officers responded, one officer observed a U-Haul vehicle driving north on Remsen Road.  The officer proceeded to follow the U-Haul and stopped it on […]

Stony Point restaurant must defend claims it was negligent in serving man who nearly killed judge’s daughter with car

Stony Point restaurant must defend claims it was negligent in serving man who nearly killed judge’s daughter with car

BY MARC MOSS  An appellate court in Brooklyn has allowed a lawsuit to proceed brought by Alysoun Sherwood against the Fireside Steak Pub, claiming that the bar served a visibly intoxicated person who later struck her vehicle. Sherwood sustained serious injuries on February 22, 2013, when her vehicle was struck by Michael Coyle, the driver […]

Stony Point man buys Larkin’s gas station

Stony Point man buys Larkin’s gas station

Promises to continue rare tradition of “full service” at no additional cost BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Stony Pointer Jim Maher has stepped up to continue the tradition of full service gas service at the former Larkin’s gas pump and auto repair shop, Rt. 9W in Tomkins Cove, the northernmost gas station in Rockland County. Prior to purchasing the […]