PEARL RIVER, NY July 7, 2014 — Tuesday’s hot, steamy weather forecast, with its accompanying heavy air conditioning use and resulting high electricity demand, has prompted O&R to issue a Heat Watch for tomorrow, July 8. The simmering heat and sticky humidity are expected to push the load on the O&R electric system past 1,300 megawatts — Tuesday’s forecasted peak is 1,340 megawatts […]
Official NY GOP statement ALBANY… NYGOP Chair Ed Cox today released the following memo regarding the federal indictment of State Senator Tom Libous. “Allegations too thin, press releases too thick, timing too political for indictment to be credible” Allegations too thin This highly unusual, three-page, one-count indictment stems from an unrecorded conversation of an unannounced […]
The Town of Haverstraw Police Department is investigating a serious motor vehicle accident which occurred on July 6, 2014 on Route 9W in the Village of Haverstraw. The accident occurred at 3:14 pm on Route 9W approximately 500 feet north of the Town of Clarkstown border. It appears that a 2007 Audi driven by a, […]
On Sunday, June 29, at about 11:30 a.m., a local con robbed the Rockland County Times offices in Nanuet, sneaking in a side entrance that was unsecured due to an adjoining office being in use. He made off with a computer, a scanner and a small television valued at $2, 000 total, before cutting his […]
BY BILL DEMAREST HAVERSTRAW – Fire broke out Monday evening in a second-floor room of an adult home on Route 9W in Haverstraw, with volunteer firefighters quickly containing the fire to that room. Haverstraw firefighters received an alarm call at about 7 p.m. on Monday from the Green Hills Home For Adults, 1 S. Rt. […]
Supervisor Howard Phillips has announced that the Town of Haverstraw fireworks scheduled for Thursday, July 3, 2014 have been cancelled and rescheduled for Saturday, July 5, 2014 at 9:30 p.m. at Bowline Point Park due to the prediction of severe weather. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. with Skyline Drive Orchestra followed by the […]