FROM CLARKSTOWN PD On February 15, 2015 at approximately 4 p.m. the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the Spring Valley Rest Home on South Pascack Road in Nanuet for a report of flooding in the residence. Responding patrol officers observed the rest home’s fire sprinkler system water pipe had broken in the attic area, causing major flooding […]
AG’s PRESS RELEASE Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman this week joined members of the state and federal working group he co-chairs to announce a $3.2 billion settlement with Morgan Stanley over the bank’s deceptive practices leading up to the financial crisis. The settlement includes $550 million – $400 million worth of consumer relief and $150 […]
The murder/suicide of a married couple in Wesley Hills has sent authorities and their friends and neighbors for a loop. John and Irene Lord showed no outside evidence of impending violence, Ramapo PD told the community. Rather, the childless married couple in their 60s appeared to be active and happy. Detective Lt. Mark Emma told […]
PRESS RELEASE GARNER Arts Center will honor the career of esteemed comic book writer/editor Denny O’Neil, a Rockland County resident, on March 5, 2016. The event, sponsored by DC Entertainment, is timed with the release of the new “Batman v. Super-man: Dawn of Justice” film (March 25, 2016) and is a part of GARNER’s 2015-2016 […]
Reuters Entergy Corp said on Wednesday it found elevated levels of tritium, a weak radioactive isotope of hydrogen, in groundwater samples at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York state. The company said the tritium has not migrated off site and poses “no threat to public health or safety.” The company first announced […]
PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert on Friday confirmed Rockland’s first case of Zika virus in a local woman. The patient recently traveled to a South American country where Zika virus transmission has been documented. “Zika virus symptoms may include low-grade fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis,” […]