Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II has announced that a Rockland County Grand Jury has indicted three Haverstraw men of multiple felonies stemming from the July 8, 2022 murder of 17-year-old Treynahel Cineus, in Spring Valley, New York. Anthony Mitchell, 23 of Haverstraw, New York, Ahmad Williams, 21 of Haverstraw, New York, and Brian Thomas, 20 […]
This week, in a surprise announcement, the MTA established its Central Business District (CBD) Tolling Program’s Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB). The Board will be tasked, among other things, with recommending a plan for credits, discounts and/or exemptions for tolls paid the same day on bridges and tunnels. Unfortunately, the MTA established its Review Board […]
Back in April, I wrote a column that cited Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” to illustrate the path the Town took to preserve open space at the Bear Swamp Preserve and Nature Trail. This time around I’m looking to give you insight into all the ways that the Clarkstown Highway Department has dealt […]
As cases of monkeypox grow in the New York metropolitan area, The Jacobs Family Pride Wellness Center of Montefiore Nyack Hospital is providing vaccinations and is ready to test and treat patients with the disease. The Center has partnered with the Rockland County Department of Health which supplies the vaccine for administration to at-risk people living in […]
Several dozen citizens gathered Wednesday evening in front of Spring Valley Village Hall to rally against a proposal to dissolve the village. A petition has been circulating seeking the dissolution of Spring Valley village government. It is unknown who has spear- headed the effort and why they are doing so, but copies of the petition […]
The drug crisis is both complicated and insidious and has been growing exponentially for the past twenty years. Every year the number of deaths and overdoses rise across the country and locally despite the best efforts to combat the issue. However, despite these facts we have some reason for hope as half year statistics locally demonstrate that both […]