PEARL RIVER, NY July 2, 2014 — For the second consecutive day, the 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 today. The simmering heat and sticky humidity are expected to push the load on the O&R electric system […]
By Michael Riconda The Office of the Rockland County District Attorney announced on Tuesday that Josiah Williams, 17 of New Windsor, has been sentenced by Judge William K. Nelson to three and a half to ten years behind bars for the stabbing death of a man outside a children’s birthday party in Hillcrest in June […]
By Michael Riconda BLAUVELT – Senator David Carlucci’s “Raise the Flag” initiative took shape again in Blauvelt on Wednesday with another donation for Lions Park. Under a cloudless sky, the Lion’s Club of Blauvelt held a brief ceremony during which they received and raised both an American and POW flag before a recitation of the […]
In response to the rehiring of the law firm Minerva & D’Agostino by the East Ramapo School District after the well reported incidents of principal Albert D’Agostino and attorney Christopher Kirby and the Board president Mr. Weissmandl pledge to replace said firm nearly a year ago, find County Executive Ed Day’s statement below: “Trust […]
When it comes to murder and cannibalism, where do we draw the line when it comes to online fantasies? At least for New York police officer Gilberto Valle, who the tabloids dubbed the “Cannibal Cop,” the decision was made by a federal judge who overturned his conviction on Tuesday due to lack of sufficient evidence. […]
Josiah Williams, age 17, residing at 6 Barclay Road, New Windsor, was sentenced today, July 1, 2014, before Rockland County Court Judge William K. Nelson to a state prison term of 3 ½ to 10 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the first degree, as a juvenile offender below the age of 16 years when […]